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 ...
An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032 – and scientists are weighing how best to deal with it.
A UCLA astronomer who leads planetary defense missions for NASA says avoiding asteroid impacts is “a problem we can ...
A paper from NASA scientists and other researchers explores whether an asteroid with a 4% chance of hitting the moon should ...
With a low but notable chance of hitting our moon this asteroid is in the sights of scientists. A city-block-sized asteroid ...
Last year, astronomers warned that the asteroid could strike Earth, but that fear has been set aside. Now, it has a slight chance of hitting the Moon instead ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a chance of hitting the moon. To save it from collision, scientists are considering launching a nuclear ...
Remember the asteroid that might hit Earth in 2032? 🌎☄️ Good news: It's probably not going to hit Earth anymore. Bad news: ...
A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...
According to NASA, “Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...
With help from amateur astronomers, scientists tracked how an asteroid traveled from space, broke up in Earth's atmosphere and sent fiery fragments shooting to the ground, gathering new information ...