The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid set to smash into the Moon. Astronomers also deduced the origin of ...