"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." ...

There’s been widespread speculation that an asteroid, as large as the Himalayas, will collide with Earth on April 29, 2020, ...

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In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

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

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

After threatening our world with a three percent chance of impact, asteroid 2024 YR4 exited the scene with a four percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032.

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 YR4. It said the probability it could hit Earth was unusually high. As ...

New simulations reveal that the infamous "city killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 could shower Earth with "bullet-like" debris if it hits the moon in seven years' time, potentially triggering an eye ...