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

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to ...

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not so much.

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

"Should the asteroid impact the Moon, the Earth-Moon system could be clouded with particles detached from the Moon and the asteroid, potentially threatening the human space infrastructure and ...

Most ominously, while Earth is still safe from the menacing asteroid, the odds that our celestial neighbor, the moon, could be impacted have only continued to climb. James Webb Space Telescope ...

YR4 had everyone collectively holding their breath just months ago, but now, it appears that the "city-killer" asteroid has a ...

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space rocks passing by our planet over the next two days. The asteroid ...