Nasa has updated its assessment of asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing an increased chance of lunar impact. The space agency now ...

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

The team determined that the unusually-shaped space rock is one of the largest object in recent history that could impact the Moon. It likely originates from the main asteroid belt, with its ...

Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance ...

Scientists have unveiled new information about the 2024 YR4, a 'city killer' asteroid that scientists had warned could have a ...

After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

The Moon would instead simply be left with another crater ... In 2022, NASA successfully altered the orbit of a target asteroid, Dimorphos, through its Double Asteroid Reflection Test (DART) mission.

A team of astronomers used the Gemini South Observatory in Chile to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 in multiple wavelengths as it ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet – but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon.

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.