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

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

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

Recent observations by the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a threat to Earth, now poses a potential risk to the Moon. While the probability of a ...

A ‘city-killer’ 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. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered ...

An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet. However, chances of a hit to the Moon are increasing.. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

This asteroid, however, is still worth analysis in its own right. As such, scientists recently turned the James Webb Space Telescope 's (JWST) powerful gaze towards 2024 YR4, capturing the object ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods forever. Researchers warn that "city killer" space rock could approach our planet again in the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR may not hit Earth in 2032, but it — and others — will keep coming back Published: March 23, 2025 9:16am EDT. Martin Connors, Athabasca University. Author.

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks. Skip to main content.

The asteroid 2024 YR4, circled at lower left, was discovered on Dec. 27. Its chances of hitting Earth rose to 3.1% but those chances are now down to nearly zero as the region of uncertainty has ...