If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

What if Earth has more than one moon? Scientists now believe our planet may be secretly hosting at least six "mini-moons" at ...

The researchers also found that 2024 PT5 was small — 26 to 39 feet (8 to 12 meters) in diameter. Kareta and his colleagues suspect that 2024 PT5 was excavated when something crashed into the moon.

Asteroid 2024 PT5: A short visit to Earth’s little temporary moon On September 29 of the year 2024, scientists encounter an asteroid 2024 PT5, which is yet another mini moon temporarily encircled by ...

Earth pulled asteroid 2024 PT5 into its gravitational field, changing the asteroid’s orbit from heliocentric — around the Sun — to geocentric — around the Earth. 2024 PT5 will remain in ...

"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...

A ‘city-killer’ asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth could have at least six minimoons that we never knew existed. A minimoon is a small ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues.

2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024. It's relatively small — just 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) across. But it's classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit regularly ...

More After studying 2024 PT5 in both visible and near-infrared data, they concluded that it wasn't an ordinary asteroid. Its composition proved similar to that of rocks carried back to Earth ...