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

"The impact could pose some danger to equipment or astronauts on the moon, and certainly to satellites and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA is monitoring a giant space rock that is set to zoom past Earth next week – and it's bigger than the Leaning Tower of ...

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.

Space officials estimate the rock is about 220 feet across, making it larger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa at 185 feet. 2025 ...

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032.. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...

In recent days, there has been increasing alarm about 2024 YR4, an asteroid that is on course to fly towards Earth in 2032. There is a roughly 2.3 per cent chance that it will collide with Earth.