The asteroid Dinkinesh and the tiny moon orbiting it was discovered by Lucy during a 2023 flyby. AP Lucy is expected to encounter 11 asteroids in total during its journey, then spend the rest of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight. Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which give it a 3.8 percent chance of hitting the Moon. Now a different group ...

An asteroid floating in our solar system has been discovered to have a very weird and unique double moon—and it might just change the way we think about how planets form. The asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 PT5, which almost became a temporary mini-moon to Earth, was recently found to be a broken-off part of the moon itself. This discovery has led scientists to believe there are many ...

The asteroid is estimated to be between 30 and 65 metres wide. Meanwhile, the chances of it hitting the Moon have increased. It was recently revealed that it had more than doubled, from 1.7 to 3.8 per ...

Related: 'City-killer' asteroid that might hit moon has 'unexpected' shape, astronomers say The Lucy mission launched in 2021 and is on its way to study ancient asteroids orbiting the sun in the ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers said the house-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is shaped like a hockey puck and also deduced its origin.

An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet. However, chances of a hit to the Moon are increasing. In March ...