Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

Researchers said the 200ft asteroid’s latest probability of impacting the Moon had increased to 4.3 per cent from the ...

In the vast expanse of space, an estimated one million Near Earth Objects (NEOs), also known as near-Earth asteroids, are ...

The asteroid which scientists ... a lunar crash slightly more likely than Nasa's initial projections of it hitting Earth (3.1%), the highest-ever impact probability for its size.

April 3 (UPI) --NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is the size of a 10-story building and is now more likely to make impact with the moon. Designated as near ...

Astronomers from NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile used ... Small shifts can create big differences in long-term projections. This is why repeated tracking ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 ... of nearly 48,000 km/h. Initial projections indicated a possible Earth impact, but updated data from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a city—stood a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

NASA is still studying the asteroid's potential impact on the moon. Here's why this asteroid made headlines, how it could impact the moon and how a big addition in 2027 could change how scientists ...

A massive asteroid named 2024 YR4, first detected in December 2024, has drawn global attention as scientists track its path toward a potential Earth collision in December 2032. Further, initial NASA ...

But during a February 4 meeting of the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN), NASA experts submitted projections that ... score of three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, which rates ...

The asteroid was first spotted on 27 January 2024 by NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System station in Chile. Initial orbital projections sparked alarm, as the asteroid appeared to be on ...