An asteroid roughly the size of a small city may slam into the Moon in 2032, and if it does, the blast could hurl clouds of lunar rock into space and toward Earth. Scientists say the odds of a direct ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...

On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the Moon. If this happens, it will not only produce a visible flash, easily spotted from Earth, but will likely be followed by periodic ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

‘City-Killer’ Asteroid 2024 YR4 Goes Viral As NASA Sounds Off On Its Impact Risk Pixabay The phrase 'city-killer asteroid' has quickly gone viral online after scientists tracked a near-Earth object ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — An asteroid named YR4 is on a potential collision course with the moon, with NASA estimating a 4% chance of impact in 2032. While the scenario may sound like a Hollywood plot, ...

The moon is pummeled by asteroids nearly every day, creating new craters constantly that can range from a few feet to many miles across. The asteroid impacts, when they’re large enough, create flashes ...

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Early last year, there was talk that the newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a really small, but probable chance of striking the Moon in 2032. Now, scientists are revealing what might occur if such ...