Astronomers have been keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4 since its detection late last year. While initial ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit Earth, now has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon by 2032, possibly visible from Earth ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

Space is a place of endless fascination and mysteries, but our nearest celestial neighbour, the Moon, has always felt distant ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What's significant about this 100m-wide space rock is that it has a small chance ...

Even if YR4 does strike Earth — or the moon — it’s not considered a dinosaur-level threat. As asteroids go, YR4 is relatively small, measuring somewhere between 130 to 300 feet long.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 3.1% chance, or one in 32, of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to NASA data updated Tuesday.