A 4.3 per cent of impact still counts as a 95.7 per cent chance that it will miss the Moon. So, with it having no chance of hitting Earth on that date, 2024 YR4 could simply slip through lunar orbit ...

By analyzing the structure’s shape and size, the team modeled how ... Nadir impactor would have been comparable in size to the asteroid Bennu, which has a 1-in-1,750 chance of colliding with ...

On December 22, 2032, the Moon may face a significant event as asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered by the James Webb telescope, is ...

Remember that “city-killer” asteroid that was expected to land in Pakistan by 2032? Well, there's good news that it won't hit ...

NASA scientists have raised the probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 crashing into the Moon, following new observations from the ...

Astronomers have also constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the quahogs, cockles and their relatives – a scene far different from that of ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

The Tianwen-2 mission seeks to reveal how asteroids have formed and what they can tell us about the birth of the solar system ...

The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, is set to make a very close, but safe, flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029. The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing its Ramses ...

Not long ago, the idea of mining in space sounded like something out of a sci-fi novel. But today, it’s a field that ...