A huge asteroid that was feared to be on a collision course with Earth in 2032 could instead smash into the Moon, according ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

NASA’s asteroid-hunting Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope ... Most if not all dangerously sized asteroids will miss the planet. The hope is that, with these next-gen telescopes, the ...

MetaBallStudios / SWNS While there’s still a 96.2% chance the asteroid will miss the satellite completely ... according to experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies.

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width. Scientists should have a better idea of its size and shape following the ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

A nuclear explosion might eventually be Earth’s only way to protect itself from a dangerous asteroid. But preparing for that ...

"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4’s ...

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

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Once declared to be on a collision course with Earth, an asteroid dubbed a “city killer” is now expected to miss the planet.

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.