New observations of the “city killer” asteroid once thought to be on a collision course with the Earth indicate it will miss ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

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

The "city-killer" asteroid will not only smash into the Moon, but also release such a huge amount of debris that Earth's ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially a potential threat to Earth, now ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently made a final observation of asteroid 2024 YR4 before it drifted out of range. This ...

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There ...

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

Back in December 2024, when YR4 was first discovered, the danger was greater. It showed a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth.

YR4 was one of the highest-risk asteroids identified in the last 25 years. There’s a 4.3 per cent chance it hits the moon.

YR4, once seen as a major Earth threat, now shows a slightly higher chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. While no longer a ...