Consider the dramatic visual and gravitational consequences if a large asteroid struck and fractured the Moon.

Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers said the house-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is shaped like a hockey puck and also deduced its origin.