Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032. The good news? It's not coming for ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

The asteroid that had people fearful for their lives is now very unlikely to strike the planet,... but scientists reveal it ...

The chances that an asteroid, known as 2024 YR4, could hit Earth in seven years have fluctuated ... in the atmosphere and become a much smaller meteorite before it lands. Slightly larger asteroids ...

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Learn about the increased impact probability of 2024 YR4, an asteroid that has a small chance to hit the Moon in 2032.

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ... when an asteroid or comet fragment measuring 30-50 meters exploded ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

A comet or asteroid entering the Earth’s atmosphere ... While the asteroid did, in fact, hit Earth and burn up in the atmosphere, it was never large enough to cause any damage, thankfully.

Scientists who want to study the Moon can’t just go there… but the Arizona desert has the next best thing: a crater stamped ...