Webb's final snapshot of asteroid 2024 YR4 fine-tuned its orbit—raising Moon impact odds slightly, but Earth is safe.

NASA has announced that an asteroid about 200 feet in diameter is now slightly more likely to crash into the moon.

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of shrapnel to impact Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft, according ...

JF flew about 199,000 miles (320,000 km) away from Earth. It's estimated size is about 34 feet wide (10 meters), roughly the ...

Shortly after astronomers detected asteroid 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024, they realized it posed no threat to Earth. But it ...

New analyses have dramatically altered this outlook. The latest data suggests that the likelihood of the asteroid striking ...

YR4 is a tailor-made asteroid for planetary defense efforts — it has everything it takes to get our attention." ...

In four years, on 13 April 2029 to be exact, a large asteroid named Apophis will fly by Earth just 32,000 kilometres above the surface. Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 ...

Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of the Moon. While posing no immediate threat, its flyby underscores the ...

On the morning of April 3rd, 2025, an asteroid named 2025 GB made a close pass by Earth, sparking some concern as it zoomed past our planet at a speed of 30,060 km/h. Measuring around 140 feet in ...

is the date that 2024 YR4 will pass closest to Earth. How far away is Asteroid 2024 YR4 from Earth now? Asteroid 2024 YR4’s current orbit is taking it away from Earth; it’s currently about 30 ...

The asteroid is expected to safely pass at a distance of approximately 4.48 million miles (7.21 million kilometers) from Earth-about 18 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.