There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

When a space rock the size of a small building gets a little too close for comfort, scientists everywhere pay attention. In ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of ...

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact ...

YR4 might collide with the Moon in 2031, with a 4.3% chance of impact, according to NASA's updated calculations.

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 ...

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

But astronomers now say that that science is telling them the asteroid will most likely miss Earth. But our planet is not ...

New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to find millions of unknown objects in our solar system, and perhaps even a ...

In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a ...