A recently discovered asteroid, about the size of a small building, could strike the Moon on December 22, 2032. While the ...

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, is back in the spotlight — this time due to a slight increase in the chance that it could impact the moon in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 53–67 meter wide object discovered by Chile's ATLAS telescope in late 2024, poses a significant threat ...

It could be the largest lunar impact event in 5,000 years.If it hits in December 2032, asteroid 2024 YR4 — believed to be 60 ...

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A small asteroid spotted only hours before it struck the atmosphere has become a touchstone for how fragile, and how powerful ...

The doomsday crowd's up to to their usual shenanigans again. Maybe some of you have seen predictions on websites about an asteroid expected to strike Earth between September 15 and 28. According to ...

New observations of 2024 YR4 conducted with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT) and facilities around the world have all but ruled out an impact of the asteroid with ...

The photos gave scientists the data they needed to calculate how much material was blasted away from the asteroid and how the collision changed its motion. The Science of the Impact When DART struck, ...