“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

A ‘city-killer’ asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered ...

Asteroid Ida and its moon Dactyl, as imaged by the Galileo probe in 1993. NASA/JPL. Stay connected to The Universe: Get email alerts for this weekly column by Phil Plait. Enter your email.

You might’ve seen a second so-called “moon” has recently taken up residence in our orbit. The school bus-sized asteroid will be orbiting Earth until Nov. 25.

The odds of an asteroid the size of a 10-story building slamming into the Moon in 2032 have risen slightly, according to NASA. On June 5, the agency announced that Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 4.3% ...

Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't hit the Earth — but the moon might not be so lucky. Astronomers and scientists previously expressed some concern that the asteroid ...

On Aug. 28, 1993, NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by the asteroid Ida on its way Jupiter. Galileo was the first spacecraft to fly by an asteroid in the asteroid belt. Ida was actually the second ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope caught the latest glimpse in May of asteroid 2024 YR4, which led to the odds of it impacting the moon in 2032 to rise to 4.3%. Eric Lagatta USA TODAY NETWORK ...

NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies recently updated the odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon, raising the risk from 1.7% in late February to 3.8% based on recent data collected by ...