This same asteroid, once regarded as the highest-impact threat to Earth ever recorded, is now shifting attention to our lunar ...

New observations suggest that a "city-killer" asteroid has a slightly higher chance of hitting the Moon than our planet.

New analyses have dramatically altered this outlook. The latest data suggests that the likelihood of the asteroid striking ...

While some welcome the change, other experts warn that this move could make it even harder to access scientific information ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

While the chance of a “city-killer” asteroid striking Earth in about eight years time has been significantly ruled out, the odds of it hitting the moon has increased. NASA said the asteroid’s chance ...

Its trajectory has been clarified, but a small risk to the Moon remains. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International ...

Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths. | Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered ...

When the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade. The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 40 and 90 meters in diameter, about the size of a large apartment block. The asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in December last year, is moving towards Earth. A NASA expert ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact risk has been reduced to zero NASA downgrades 2024 YR4 to Torino Scale Level Zero Scientists to study asteroid during close flybys in 2028, 2032 ...

The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory. Measuring about 131 to 295 ...