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Asteroid 2025 MA90 is set to fly past the Earth on Tuesday, July 15. With an estimated diameter of 88.
“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.
Astronomers say the odds of an asteroid hitting the moong have increased, and that may still impact Earth.
Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an asteroid with a 1%–2% chance of a fatal collision occurring in 2032. While ...
An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar ...
An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...
Over a decade, Tianwen-2 will sample rocks from a near-Earth asteroid, return them to Earth and then visit a comet.
The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a close eye on it.
NASA tracks stadium-size asteroid passing near Earth: Here's how to watch it live The asteroid, dubbed 2002 JX8, makes close approaches to both Earth and Venus relatively often.
As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.