Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly Observatory in Hungary. Credit: Space.com | footage: Krisztián Sárneczky / or ...

2024 YR4 shows a 4% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032, with no risk to Earth. James Webb Space Telescope data fixes its size at ~60 m and sharpens orbital predictions. A strike could ...

The sneaky asteroid is from the Apollo cluster, a group of near-Earth asteroids that can occasionally get pretty close to us. It sped past at a break-neck 46,700 miles per hour, while it's believed to ...

The little space rock, called 2025 TF, safely passed within roughly 250 miles (400 km) of our planet on Tuesday (Sept. 30) at 8:49 p.m. EDT (Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 0049 GMT), according to NASA data.

Musk first claimed the title of the world’s richest person in September 2021 and held it for most of 2022 before slipping in December that year. He regained the top spot on June 8, 2023, maintaining ...

An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.

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A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can absolutely solve.” ...

Scientists are closely monitoring a potential asteroid impact on the moon, specifically asteroid 2024 YR4, which could collide in 2032 with a 4% likelihood., Science, Times Now ...

A paper from NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon should be deflected or blown up.

With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid named 2024 YR4 is hurtling through space, and it has our Moon in its sights.