The latest asteroid to pass by the Earth will be back in a few years — it's not coming for us, but it may be on a collision course with the moon.

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

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This story was updated to add new information. The Earth will soon have a second mini-moon, although it will be a brief visit. Scientists wrote about the mini-moon and its anticipated orbit around ...

Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4, but fresh looks at the space rock using Webb and other telescopes have now increased its chances of impacting the Moon. After a brief stint as the highest risk ...

The smaller of the pair was spotted only this month and could be visible with binoculars as it passes by our planet within the distance to the moon. By Robin George Andrews Robin George Andrews ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists studying Chang’e-6 Moon samples discovered rare water-rich meteorite fragments, offering new clues about how water ...

In a rare stroke of celestial coincidence, two lumpy asteroids – one that could destroy a city, the other big enough to wipe out the planet – are zooming by Earth, close enough to excite observers but ...

Some asteroids are quietly speeding up or veering off their predicted paths, yet telescopes see no glowing tails or hazy ...

FROM satellites turned into missiles and worldwide blackouts sparking carnage on the streets, all-out war in space is becoming less of a distant sci-fi dream. For centuries, wars have been fought ...