When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered, it created a bit of a kerfuffle when it was reported it had a couple-percent chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. At 60 meters (196 feet) across, this ...

Today, May 30, 2026, the moon is 13 days old and is in the Full Moon phase of its lunar cycle. It is 99% illuminated.

A second full moon in a calendar month will occur on May 31 and be best seen at moonrise on May 30. Why is the Blue Moon one ...

Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to the Moon, putting to rest months of planetary anxiety. Webb's latest observations, taken in late February 2026 ...