Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

A mission to survey the results of a deliberate crash between an asteroid and a NASA spacecraft has taken stunning images of ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

The agency also shared that the new data suggested that the asteroid had a 1.7% chance of hitting the moon, but those slight odds of impact do not pose a risk to Earth. “When first discovered ...

NASA did note, however, that there was still a 1.7% chance that 2024 YR4 would impact the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032. When concerns over the asteroid were first raised, there was a possibility it could ...

NASA now considers the risk minimal. There is still a 1% chance the asteroid could hit the Moon. Scientists continue to monitor its trajectory closely. This ongoing observation is crucial for ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target.

After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 ... be out of the woods, the moon could still be in the crosshairs ...

Eventually we will pin down the asteroid’s position to that of a single grain. Most likely that grain will not be on top of the Earth. It could be even farther than the Moon.” The asteroid was ...

Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon.

Close call: Earth spared from asteroid impact, but the Moon is at risk NASA warns the asteroid now has a 1.7% chance of hitting our lunar neighbor, a major jump from previous estimates.

But there’s still a 1.7% chance that asteroid could hit the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA. Chodas expects the odds of a moon strike will also fade. The world’s telescopes will ...