Learn about the increased impact probability of 2024 YR4, an asteroid that has a small chance to hit the Moon in 2032.

Asteroids colliding with Earth might seem farfetched, but the planetary threat is real. Just this year news broke of an ...

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

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan ...

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

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

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

Astronomers discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. It crosses Earth's orbit. Observations show a slightly increased chance of a lunar impact in 2032. The probability is now 4.3%. There is no risk to Earth.

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

Researchers believe this 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar ...

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

YR4 was one of the highest-risk asteroids identified in the last 25 years. There’s a 4.3 per cent chance it hits the moon.