“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

Occasionally, asteroids get caught in Earth’s orbit, temporarily becoming mini moons before continuing their cosmic paths.

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

NASA said last week that there is currently a 2.3% (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While still tiny, that probability nearly doubled from ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, which was discovered in December 2024, has been making headlines around the world recently. It was initially estimated to be around 40-90m (131-295ft) wide , arger than a 12 ...

The asteroid, which measures 130 feet to 300 feet in diameter, was first detected in December 2024, prompting early calculations that gave it a 3 percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.

Asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring approximately 40 to 100 meters wide, ... NASA’s 2023 DART mission proved that such strikes can be launched and that they can move space objects, ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

The first recorded sighting of asteroid 2024 YR4 was in December 2023 with the use of a much advanced NASA-funded telescope. This discovery falls in a bigger cycle to identify and keep track of ...

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

It appears to be very similar to previous asteroid entires (2022 WJ, 2023 CX1, 2024 BX1). Lots of fragments at the end, it probably dropped some rocks in a remote forested area.