Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised ...

NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 collides with the Moon on December 22, 2032, the energy released would be comparable to that of a medium-sized thermonuclear weapon. This impact would be six orders of magnitude ...

A small asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, sparking moonquakes, glowing craters and meteor showers, while scientists debate whether to stop it or watch a rare cosmic experiment unfold.

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Earth just had two close calls... and one went completely unnoticed. A small asteroid passed just 266 miles above Antarctica—closer than many satellites—before anyone even spotted it. Less than a day ...