“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view,” the ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

Earth is no longer at risk of a direct collision with the asteroid 2024 YR4, but an impact on the moon in 2032 could send debris hurtling towards our planet that could take out orbiting satellites ...

Paul Wiegert, a Western physics and astronomy professor, shares insights on asteroid 2024 YR4 and the likelihood it will hit Earth or the Moon.

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

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, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular ...

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

YR4 is estimated to be between 150 and 300 feet in diameter. But what we know about Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about to change. Next month, observations from the world’s most powerful space telescope ...