Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) in diameter. Credit: Space.com | animation courtesy: NASA/jPL-Caltech | ed

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

According to NASA, an asteroid is labelled "potentially hazardous" based on a combination of factors: its size and how close its orbit comes to Earth. Asteroids measuring 492 feet or beyond approaching the planet within 4.

What happens if an asteroid the size of a 15-story building crashes into the Moon in 2032? While the chances of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon in seven years are slim – there is currently a 96% chance it won't happen – an ...

But as bad as it is for the Quadrantids this year, it will be a very different story in 2028.

The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is being auctioned off later this month and could fetch up to $4 million. One of only 400 of its kind ever found, the hunk of red-hued space rock was chipped off the Red Planet by a massive asteroid strike ...