How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

A recent study, yet to be peer-reviewed, has revealed that asteroid YR4 smashing into our moon could have big implications ...

NASA, for its part, had already spotted the wreckage. About a week after the crash, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed ...

The odds that 2024 YR4 will crash into the Moon have risen to 4.3pc.

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would ...

Subsequent observations from telescopes definitively ruled out a direct hit on Earth. However, the odds that it will crash into the Moon have risen to 4.3 percent, according to data from the James ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according ...

However, the odds that it will crash into the Moon have risen to 4.3 percent, according to data from the James Webb space telescope in May.

That’s not zero, but it’s close. However, another possible target showed up: the Moon. Calculations now show a 4% chance that 2024 YR4 could crash into the Moon instead.

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.