NASA has discovered a new asteroid, 2024 YR4, which has the highest impact probability on record, with a 1 in 25,000 chance ...

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would threaten satellites and create a spectacular meteor shower, according to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues. The ...

The animation, provided by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), shows the path of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid — named 2024 YR4 — having a more than 1 percent ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a small city may slam into the Moon in 2032, and if it does, the blast could hurl clouds of lunar rock into space and toward Earth. Scientists say the odds of a direct ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A potential asteroid strike on the moon calculated by NASA ...

Scientists are considering the possibility of launching a nuclear weapon at an asteroid that could potentially hit the moon in 2032 — but they say more research is needed before taking this forward as ...

An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032. While the scenario might sound like a Hollywood plot, scientists are ...

An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to the European Space Agency, but some scientists are suggesting it could ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...