A Cornel University study submitted to the American Astronomy Society Journals concludes that, while Earth is no longer in ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send ...

The curious minds at What If explain how being trapped between two asteroid belts could pose an existential threat to Earth.

First discovered by a Chilean telescope in December 2024, the space rock caused panic. Early models warned of a possible ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

The dreadful asteroid 2024 YR4 is projected to collide with the Moon in 2032 and it could have far-reaching consequences for ...

Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

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