An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to ... Thus it never truly became a second moon to the Earth.

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The Moon is no stranger to being struck by huge lumps of space rock. In fact, new research has shown that, nearly four ...

2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

This is the second time scientists have linked a near-Earth object to the ... sure this is a piece of the moon.” There are no current plans to gather pieces of 2024 PT5 to Earth for study ...

Space debris, like old rockets, also move in Earth-like orbits ... Potential Lunar Connections 2024 PT5 is now the second known asteroid possibly from the Moon. The first, 469219 Kamo’oalewa ...

All eyes are on the Moon tonight as the second ... potential collision course with Earth. Current observations suggest there is a 2.3 per cent chance asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit our home planet ...

However, this almost-mini-moon is still special as it ... as well as below it. So far, 2024 PT5 is just the second object in an Earth-like orbit of purported lunar origin. Astronomers found ...

Bolin explained the second difficulty surrounded the fact that 2024 YR4 was observed when the moon was 70% illuminated ... the top of NASA's Center for Near Earth Objects Studies (CNEOS) Sentry ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.