If a huge asteroid smashes into the Moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming towards Earth that would ...

A Cornel University study submitted to the American Astronomy Society Journals concludes that, while Earth is no longer in ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

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 ...

A newly discovered asteroid more than 200 feet wide will zoom in between Earth and the moon Saturday afternoon in an occurrence NASA says happens only once a decade. The asteroid is expected ...

The asteroid will pass by Friday and Saturday on a track that scientists suggest is slightly less than half the average distance to the moon from Earth — which is still 174,650 kilometers ...

A city-killer asteroid is currently on NASA’s radar because it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. However, new reports suggest that it could hit the Moon instead. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...

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Two immense canyons on the moon's far side that rival Earth's Grand ... "Nearly four billion years ago an asteroid or comet flew over the lunar south pole, brushed by the mountain summits of ...