Asteroid YR4 won’t hit Earth, but scientists can’t rule out a moon hit
There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...
NASA Tracking Car-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet at a zippy 28,655 miles per hour, according to the space agency.
Asteroid Large Enough to Destroy an Entire City Could Still Strike the Moon in 2032, Scientists Say
The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of ...
Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid YR4 might not hit Earth in 2032. But can it still be a threat?
YR4, once referred to as a ‘city-killer’ with the potential to cause regional devastation and impact the climate, is no ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
Major update as asteroid could hit Earth - and it's bad news for the MOON as well
NASA have revealed a major update about a mega asteroid dubbed Space rock 2024 YR4. The asteroid was expected to hit Earth in 2032, predicting mass devastation ...
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Asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032 now may slam into Moon instead
The asteroid space scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead. Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally ...
Asteroid warning as huge space rock may smash into Moon
The large space rock, named 2024 YR4, was originally thought to have a 3.1 per cent possibility of smashing into our planet ...
NASA space telescope reveals where 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 could still strike
NASA's James Webb telescope took an emergency look at the asteroid scientists feared would smash into Earth in 2032 ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...