YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — that's an impact risk of around 1%. Experts urged caution, though noting that ...

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 — the one that caused a stir earlier this year due to its potential collision course with Earth — has a surprising tale to tell. A new study reports that this space rock likely ...

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4, the size of a 10-story building, now has a chance of crashing into the moon. At the start of the year, word spread that a huge “city-destroying” asteroid was hurtling in ...

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.

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to ...

After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, ...