Webb telescope data shows a once-risky asteroid will safely pass Earth and the Moon in 2032, removing all impact concerns.

One of the most complex machines humankind has ever built tracked an almost invisible object many millions of kilometres away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, ...

An asteroid roughly the size of a 15‑story building has a small but serious chance of slamming into the Moon in 2032, potentially creating a flash bright enough to transform the night sky for a few ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032, ...

There's some welcome news for astronomers as a threatening asteroid is no longer expected to impact the moon. For a brief time, the space rock called "Asteroid 2024 YR4" was considered to be the most ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.(AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3% ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.