If that fails, scientists suggest preparing a nuclear option. Detonating a rocket-delivered nuke on or near the asteroid ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, first detected in December 2024, is about 55 meters wide and was initially feared to have a 3.1% chance of striking Earth in 2032.

Anyone who's seen Armageddon is familiar with the concept of using a nuclear weapon on an asteroid that has the potential to trigger a catastrophic event.

NASA could launch its Artemis II mission, which will fly astronauts around the moon for the first time in more than 50 years, ...

With an asteroid threatening impact with the moon in 2032, NASA explores all possible avenues to avert catastrophe—even ...

A GIANT asteroid that risks crashing into the Moon could be nuked before it makes impact. Scientists are looking into the ...

A team of researchers has put forth the idea of launching nuclear bombs at asteroid 2024 YR4 with a chance of hitting the ...

With no atmosphere to slow it down, asteroid 2024 YR4 could carve a 1-km-wide crater—the largest fresh lunar scar in 5,000 ...

Such a collision could have devastating consequences for satellites and astronauts in space, prompting a group of scientists ...

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — Typhoon Ragasa, one of the strongest in years, whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong ...

Would one error transform a lunar danger into a global catastrophe? That is the query confronting researchers as they consider how to handle asteroid 2024 YR4, a 55–60 meter-sized object now estimated ...

Astronomers are considering blowing up the “city killer” asteroid, estimated to have a small chance of crashing onto the moon in 2032, to cut the risk of the collision debris destroying satellites.