Why Asteroid Day? In December 2016 the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/71/90, declaring 30 June International Asteroid Day in order to "observe each year at the ...

A 60-meter asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 4.3% chance of hitting the Moon on December 22, 2032. NASA warns the impact could eject lunar debris towards Earth, endangering satellites and future lunar ...

Alongside the revamped draw structure, the qualification process has also been overhauled. The top 40 players on the PDC Order of Merit will automatically qualify, joined by the top 40 on the Pro Tour ...

Science News: Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of impact, potentially ejecti ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to be on a collision course with Earth, now has an extremely low chance of impact. However, scientists warn that it could strike the Moon in 2032, creating a large ...

Michael Frydendahl, Chairman of PDC Nordic & Baltic, welcomed the new championship: "To be able to offer such substantial rewards for our season finalé feels great. The players that qualify will have ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.

The asteroid, about a third of a mile wide at its equator, poses no immediate threat to our planet. But hundreds of years from now, there is a small chance that Bennu could slam into Earth.

An enormous asteroid—big enough to leave a six-mile-wide crater and darken the world with dust if it hit Earth—will harmlessly zip by our planet on April 29. The object, called 1998 OR2, is at ...

The latest probability of impact for asteroid 2024 YR4, as of June 3, 2025, at 4.3 per cent of striking the Moon on December 22, 2032.

June 2025 — NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations ...

Another asteroid, Aphophis, received some attention after its discovery in 2004, and the 2.7% chance it held of hitting Earth in 2029. Additional observations showed that, while it will make a ...