The astronauts aboard the Apollo 8 lunar mission became the first humans to directly view the far side of the moon during ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four per cent chance of smashing into the Moon, ...

A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting the moon in December 2032, a slight rise from NASA’s February estimate of 1.7%.

New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...

After sending chills down their spines with its brief stint as the highest-risk space object ever recorded, a near-Earth ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

With the first round of Webb observations complete, the chances of 2024 YR4 impacting the Moon isn't zero. "While an Earth ...

YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

In an astonishing turn of events, the asteroid 2024 YR4 may not be a threat to Earth after all. Recent studies have shifted its potential impact from our planet to a possible collision with the Moon, ...

NASA's James Webb telescope took an emergency look at the asteroid scientists feared would smash into Earth in 2032 ...

YR4 was discovered on December 27, 2024, by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) based in Chile. Initially labeled as a potentially hazardous object, its odds of striking Earth ...