The unintended event also creates an opportunity for scientists and skywatchers to witness lunar impact dynamics in real time ...

Debris from an Earth-bound asteroid may still be a problem – if it hits the Moon Atari made it look so simple: press a few buttons to move, rotate, vanish through hyperspace, fire missiles, and boom: ...

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 ...

Scientists are tracking potential asteroid threats in 2032, raising questions about what could happen if an asteroid were to strike the Moon instead of Earth. While Earth may avoid a direct hit, a ...

NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space ...

A shattered asteroid may have unleashed a long-lasting cosmic barrage that left scars across the inner solar system and ...

An asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon in 2032, will pass by it according to NASA. New data has narrowed the potential path for Asteroid 2024 YR4, which the European Space ...

Discovered at the end of December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 at first seemed a serious threat to Earth, with scientists estimating as much as a 3.1% chance of it impacting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...

A catastrophic asteroid breakup may have triggered a huge wave of impacts across the inner solar system about 800 million ...

The moon is not the only natural object traveling through space alongside Earth. Several small asteroids travel around the sun in near lockstep with our planet. And just like Earth, these space rocks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When at its closest at 4:16 p.m. EDT (20:16 UTC) on June 27, ...