Scientists Believe an Asteroid Might Crash Into the Moon in 2032, a Once-in-5,000-Year Event A recently discovered asteroid ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

NASA says the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, which could see global communications come to a complete ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Currently, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is too far away to observe with space or ground-based telescopes. NASA expects to make more ...