The latest data on asteroid 2024 YR4 has scientists confident that Earth is no longer in the bullseye. However the enormous ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once appeared to be on a collision course with Earth, may hit the moon, which could create some ...

If Asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the Moon in 2032, it would be the largest impact in about 5,000 years, according to a new analysis. Researchers say the Moon debris would threaten spacecraft in ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close watch on asteroid 2024 YR4 since its detection late last year. While initial ...

Initially flagged as a potential Earth threat, asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot space rock, is now predicted to potentially ...

In recent days, there has been increasing alarm about 2024 YR4, an asteroid that is on course to fly towards Earth in 2032. There is a roughly 2.3 per cent chance that it will collide with Earth.

Asteroid 2024 YR4's location forecast is now about 20 percent more precise than it was before, according to NASA. Scientists will have to wait three years — when the asteroid loops back around ...

However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, most people won’t even know it happened. "This is not a get-worried kind of situation," asteroid and comet expert Teddy Kareta told FOX Weather.

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when astronomers found it had a 1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.