A factual look at projections of a potential 2032 asteroid impact on the Moon, including how scientists track near-Earth objects and assess impact probabilities. The three costly purchases that ...

An asteroid the size of a building could collide with the Moon in 2032 and generate a flash visible from Earth.

On December 22, 2032, a sixty-metre-wide asteroid may strike the Moon. If this happens, it will not only produce a visible flash, easily spotted from Earth, but will likely be followed by periodic ...

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NASA is evaluating a last-resort option that sounds like science fiction: a potential nuclear strike against an asteroid known as 2024 YR4. Originally flagged as a possible Earth impact risk, updated ...

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will provide insights far more precisely than ground telescopes can manage now, as the rock is too far away for most Earth-based instruments.

The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.

"We don’t know where they are,” said NASA’s planetary defense officer Kelly Fast at the AAAS conference in Arizona this week.

NASA warns 15,000 mid-sized "city-killer" asteroids remain undetected. DART proved asteroid deflection possible, but no spacecraft currently capable of deflecting an asteroid.

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NASA experts warned that human beings are vulnerable to thousands of hidden “city-killer” asteroids. A new space telescope may improve detection, but we currently lack tools to stop a threat.

NASA planetary defense experts warn that up to 15,000 undetected asteroids could devastate a major city on Earth.