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All (names) aboard! As final preparations ramp up for Artemis II — a mission that will send four astronauts farther into space than any crew has ever traveled — NASA is giving the public a chance to take part in the historic journey by sending their names around the Moon.

NASA is closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4 after scientists identified a potential lunar impact path in 2032. While it won’t destroy the Moon, the event could reshape its surface and change how future lunar missions are planned.

TL;DR: NASA has updated the impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 with Earth, reducing it to 0.28% for 2032, down from previous estimates. The asteroid that was determined to be the most significant threat to Earth has now had it's chances of impacting ...

On Feb. 18, 2025, NASA updated the probability of asteroid "2024 YR4" impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, from 2.6% to 3.1%. The European Space Agency (ESA) also updated its estimate of the probability of Earth impact to 2.8%, adding that for an asteroid of ...

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon, however, may not be in the clear. When first ...