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

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

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.

According to a report led by planetary astronomer Andrew Rivkin of Johns Hopkins University, 2024 YR4 has a small chance of ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, ...

The probability of the 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is the height of a 15-story building, impacting the Moon is now 3.8%, according to NASA estimates. A few weeks ago, the world looked up to the sky in ...

While the chance is still small, the updated forecast does note an increased impact risk that the city-killer asteroid will strike the Moon. Originally discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

While no one wanted to need to test Earth's defences on the potentially hugely destructive asteroid 2024 YR4, many scientists are hoping it will strike the Moon. "The possibility of getting a chance ...