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

A large asteroid once considered the greatest known risk to Earth may now be on track for a direct hit — not on our planet, ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

Initially flagged as a potential Earth threat, asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot space rock, is now predicted to potentially ...

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

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view,” the ...

A moon could be hit by an asteroid which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth. New data ...

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving ...

2024 YR4 was first discovered in December 2024.It's relatively small — just 130 to 300 feet (40 to 90 meters) across. But it's classified as an Apollo-type asteroid, meaning its orbit regularly ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 hit the planet it would be a regional impact event, not impacting the whole planet. People, even a hundred miles away, might not even feel it.

Earth may be safe from an impact by the asteroid 2024 YR4, but it still has a chance of striking the moon. This lunar impact could pose a risk to space tech and astronauts.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has popped up on the news again, offering both peril and opportunities, A few months ago, NASA noted that 2024 YR4 had a 3.1 percent chance of hitting the Earth in 2032.