NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...

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 ...

Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal that asteroid 2024 YR4, initially a potential threat to Earth, now ...

An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash ...

The latest probability of impact for asteroid 2024 YR4, as of June 3, 2025, at 4.3 per cent of striking the Moon on December ...

While Earthlings may be safe, our latest glance of the asteroid in May, courtesy of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, led ...

An asteroid scientists feared would cause havoc by striking the Earth in the year 2032 now has an increased likelihood of ...

An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032.

Back in December 2024, when YR4 was first discovered, the danger was greater. It showed a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth.

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

When Asteroid 2024 YR4 was detected, scientists reckoned it had a 1 in 100 chance of colliding with the Earth in 2032. As the ...