"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4’s ...

YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, observations now suggest a 2% chance of it striking the moon.

However, chances of a hit to the Moon are increasing. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight. Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which give it a 3.8 percent chance of hitting the Moon. Now a different group ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

Images of the asteroid 2024 YR4 captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (Nasa) “After 2025 May, 2024 YR4 will next enter JWST observing window in the first part of 2026 as a challenging ...

But there’s a chance it will smash into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, first detected in December 2024 and believed to have a three per cent chance of hitting the Earth in 2032, now has a near ...

In February, astronomers revealed that asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1 per cent – or one-in-32- chance – of striking Earth on December 22, 2032. Article continues below The space rock once posed ...