YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...

An asteroid that set off a global effort to determine if it would impact Earth in 2032 is no longer a threat to our planet, however, chances of a hit to the Moon are increasing.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers determine that the asteroid 2024 YR4, which was initially thought to ...

Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

An asteroid which could be up to 220 feet wide will now miss Earth - but the chances of the space rock slamming into the moon ...

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

Just when you thought you could relax about putative 'city killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, back it comes, with a vengeance.

If our cosmic neighbor were to take such a hit from an asteroid of that size, NASA assures that the moon's orbit around Earth would not be altered. The risk to the moon is only part of the reason ...

The solar system is teeming with 1 million 'alien invaders' from Alpha Centauri — Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science! — Next month NASA ...