But according to NASA, a large asteroid that seemed to be heading toward Earth now has a greater chance of hitting the Moon. That said, a video is circulating that claims something similar has ...

Scientists are monitoring an asteroid with a 2% chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, but they say there is no cause for alarm. According to NASA and the European Space Agency, asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other Earth-orbiting platforms, which are above our atmosphere." ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

Scientists found that NASA's DART spacecraft ejected a massive barrage of boulders when it bashed into asteroid Dimorphos in ...

This asteroid might not hit Earth in 2032 after all—here’s how we know. Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4, is ...

It might not be the world-ending apocalypse foretold in the Netflix drama Don’t Look Up, but astronomers have significantly upped the odds of a direct hit from a giant asteroid currently hurtling ...

YR4 might collide with the Moon in 2031, with a 4.3% chance of impact, according to NASA's updated calculations.

Keeping Earth safe from asteroids isn’t just spotting them – it’s also helping people understand what a high-impact probability with Earth means.