The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two ...

A nearly 60 meter Apollo-class near-Earth asteroid, 2024 YR4 was spotted in 2024 whose path crosses both Earth’s and the Moon ...

A stronomers are getting prepared for the chance to see "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history ...

In 2029, a massive asteroid will pass closer to Earth than many satellites orbiting the planet. While scientists say an ...

The huge 1,600-mile (2,500-kilometer) wide expanse of the South Pole–Aitken Basin extends considerably onto the far side of ...

An AI-driven study using a massive global fossil dataset shows the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused only a small drop in shark and ray species A groundbreaking new study using advanced ...

An artist's interpretation of life and death after the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. The three hair-covered forms (left) represent species of plankton found inside the crater made by ...

How did life originate? Did it form on Earth or elsewhere in the solar system and was it seeded on Earth by impact of an asteroid? Will life eventually be wiped out by an asteroid? While we may never ...