Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

The close-up views of asteroid Donaldjohanson are a preview of what’s to come for Lucy on its 12-year quest to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid ... s a small chance– just a few percent– that 2024 YR4 could collide with the lunar surface. And since the Moon doesn’t have an atmosphere ...

NASA has released the Lucy spacecraft's first close-up images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing a peanut-shaped rock that could shed light on how planets formed in our solar system.

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R ... hence the "2024" in its name. In February, the likelihood of 2024 YRY ...

An asteroid that could be the size of a 10-storey building will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon have doubled. Asteroid 2024 YR4 briefly had a small chance of ...

Meanwhile, the latest data and calculations have brought out a new, although a smaller risk: there is currently a 4% chance of the asteroid impacting the moon instead. "Should the asteroid impact ...

Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid with the potential to smack into the moon in the year 2032 ... hence the "2024" in its name. In February, the likelihood of 2024 ...

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. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...