NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially a potential threat to Earth, now ...

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash ...

Back in December 2024, when YR4 was first discovered, the danger was greater. It showed a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth.

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

The updated data narrowed asteroid 2024 YR4's predicted path by 20 percent, leading to the increased likelihood of a lunar collision. Despite the increased likelihood, NASA emphasizes that even if the ...

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," NASA added in a statement ...

Researchers said the 200ft asteroid’s latest probability of impacting the Moon had increased to 4.3 per cent from the ...

An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032.