Peaking just a few days before Valentine's Day, this month's new moon rises at 2:59 p.m. PT on Feb. 9, 2024. February's new moon kicks off the lunar cycle, approaching a couple weeks before this ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Designated as near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4, both NASA observers ... updated 2024 YR4's chance of impacting the moon," in 2032, "from 1.7% as of late February to 3.8%," based on observations ...