The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured detailed data on asteroid 2024 YR4, a 200-foot-wide near-Earth object once ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future. Each year, according to Nasa ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, observations now suggest a 2% chance of it striking the moon ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting ...

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. The asteroid, thought to be ...