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YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...
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, ...
I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...
Could New York face an asteroid threat in our lifetime? Scientists explain potential impact scenarios, emergency preparedness ...
Currently, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is too far away to observe with space or ground-based telescopes. NASA expects to make more ...
YR4 may strike the moon in 2032, posing risks to satellites from lunar ejecta and possibly causing a brief meteor shower.
The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first spotted in 2024 and was initially feared to be on a collision course with Earth.
NASA says the 10-storey YR4 asteroid could hit the Moon in 2032, which could see global communications come to a complete ...
But astronomers now say that that science is telling them the asteroid will most likely miss Earth. But our planet is not ...
Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.
The next big space threat isn't to Earth. It's to the Moon.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of ...