A group of scientists recently published a paper that considers options for dealing with the asteroid — one of which includes ...

2024 YR4 shows a 4% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032, with no risk to Earth. James Webb Space Telescope data ...

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 ...

How big are the asteroids scientists actually worry about? Could one really hit us? And where do asteroids even come from?

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

October is a star-studded month with two meteor showers, winter constellations and a good chance to see a trio of green ...

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

Scientists are closely monitoring a potential asteroid impact on the moon, specifically asteroid 2024 YR4, which could ...

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

Can NASA nuke an asteroid? It has plans to do so with asteroid 2024 YR4, which is predicted to crash into our Moon in 2032.

Detecting an asteroid when it was still about to hit Earth is difficult enough; finding it once it has already impacted our ...

If asteroid 2024 YR4 hits the Moon, it could launch dust and small rocks into space, creating micrometeoroid debris in low ...