NASA issued a statement about a “city-killer” asteroid (2024 YR4) that they said had a 1.2% chance of slamming into Earth on ...

First discovered by a Chilean telescope in December 2024, the space rock caused panic. Early models warned of a possible Earth strike in 2032, sparking fears of citywide destruction.

Remember asteroid 2024 YR4? Once feared to be on a collision course with Earth in 2032, the space rock may still prove dangerous, just not in the way thought earlier. Astronomers now believe the ...

Science News: Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of impact, potentially ejecti ...

A strike from the space rock, called 2024 YR4, could generate a lunar debris cloud weighing over 100,000,000kg, according to the yet-to-be peer-reviewed study.

A strike from the space rock, called 2024 YR4, could generate a lunar debris cloud weighing over 100,000,000kg, according to the yet-to-be peer-reviewed study.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has taken its final look at the potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4, at least until the potentially hazardous space rock darkens Earth's cosmic doorstep again ...

Once labelled as the asteroid with the highest-ever recorded impact risk to Earth, 2024 YR4 has resurfaced in scientific discussions, not due to threats to our planet, but because it now has a ...

The new predictions suggest there's a 4.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 will collide with the moon on Dec. 22, 2032 — up from the 3.8% odds of a lunar impact reported after JWST initially ...

The latest probability of impact for asteroid 2024 YR4, as of June 3, 2025, at 4.3 per cent of striking the Moon on December 22, 2032.