The hefty asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth on December 22, 2032, could instead hit the moon, it is thought. New intel from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has suggested that the ...

YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

The large space rock, named 2024 YR4, was originally thought to have a 3.1 per cent possibility of smashing into our planet on 22 December 2032. But fresh data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

A micromoon is set to occur Saturday as the full moon for April is set rise when the celestial body is at its farthest point ...

The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The potential Moon impact would allow scientists the rare opportunity to observe a lunar crater being formed right before their eyes (assuming it hits within our view from Earth), and gain a ...

“While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22 ... outer solar system for the next several years. If the asteroid hit the moon in 2032, it could potentially throw debris into surrounding ...

If our cosmic neighbor were to take such a hit from an asteroid of that size, NASA assures that the moon's orbit around Earth would not be altered. The risk to the moon is only part of the reason ...

Mark Burchell, a space scientist at the UK's University of Kent, told New Scientist that a moon hit would be "a great experiment and a perfect opportunity". And on Earth, "telescopes would ...