A newly discovered space rock will zoom safely by Earth later today (Oct. 15) at only about a quarter of the average distance ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working ...

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 ...

A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning ...

Asteroid 2025 TP5, discovered just two days before its approach, will fly past Earth on October 15 at a dangerously close ...

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

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they should nuke it. The study was recently submitted by over a dozen scientists ...

NASA could uncover a 4.3 billion year old secret in their upcoming 2027 trip to the Moon as part of the first manned missions ...

NASA could soon trial a new defence strategy to prevent a giant asteroid hurtling towards the Moon and posing a huge risk to astronauts. It comes after NASA intentionally used a spacecraft to bump ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear devices at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the moon in 2032.

When NASA’s Artemis astronauts land near the moon’s south pole, they may be stepping into a region that holds vital clues to ...

We’d certainly know about it if an asteroid hit Mars or the moon, but just how much Earth would be affected depends on a number of factors ...