“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances ...

The huge asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered in 2024 and initially thought to have a 1 in 450 chance of smashing into ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

A few months ago, the UN activated the Planetary Security Protocol due to the threat of the asteroid 2024 YR4, causing concern among the entire international leadership, as there w ...

Astronomers have upped the odds that the cosmic boulder will crash into the moon, which could potentially cause a cloud of ...

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, ...

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

If a huge asteroid smashes into the moon in 2032, the gigantic explosion would send debris streaming toward Earth that would ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a ... And as they learn more about asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, ... Set to launch no earlier than June 2028, ...

This would provide a highly precise measure of an asteroid’s size and trajectory—but even in 2028, during 2024 YR4’s next Earth flyby, it may prove too evasive.

Based on the data collected on its trajectory at that point, the asteroid had a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth. ... but it's likely we won't know more until the asteroid comes back into view in 2028.