The potential 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 has a small chance of hitting the moon in 2032. In a new paper, scientists ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

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 ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032, ...

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

Debris from an Earth-bound asteroid may still be a problem – if it hits the Moon Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: ...

WASHINGTON — The possibility that a huge space rock — once deemed the riskiest asteroid ever observed — could hit the moon now appears to be off the table. Discovered at the end of December 2024, ...