Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of colliding with Earth’s moon in 2032, and some scientists are considering whether they should nuke it. The study was recently submitted by over a dozen scientists ...

A GIANT asteroid that risks crashing into the Moon could be nuked before it makes impact. Scientists are looking into the possibility of destroying the so-called “city-killer” asteroid ...

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...

Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the Moon ...

Daichi Fujii from the Hiratsuka City Museum in Japan captured a meteor impact the moon with multiple telescopes. Credit: ...

An autumn meteor shower yearly responsible for “Halloween fireballs ... Siberia in June 1908 in what has been dubbed the Tunguska Event—a massive aerial explosion that killed three people and likely ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On Friday (Feb. 15), an asteroid half the length of a football field will buzz close by Earth. It ...