Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

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NASA has a Moon collision down in their future estimates and hasn’t ruled out the potential for it hitting Earth ...

Of the Asteroid 2024 YR4, Mr Rankin said last month: "It is just important to keep in mind that its orbit is still too ...

The Moon is no stranger to being struck by huge lumps of space rock. In fact, new research has shown that, nearly four ...

An asteroid originally thought to have a higher chance of colliding with Earth might instead strike the Moon, according to ...

The asteroid currently has about a 2 per cent chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032, according to NASA and the ...

Asteroid YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth by 2032, with James Webb set to refine its trajectory. Scientists weigh ...

Since the Moon does not have an atmosphere like the Earth to slow down asteroids, a potential impact by the giant space rock ...

At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...