YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

The asteroid, thought to be capable of levelling a city, set a new record in February for having the highest chance -- 3.1 ...

YR4, once feared to hit Earth, may now strike the Moon in 2032, with NASA tracking its path using the Webb Telescope., ...

"Experts at NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have updated 2024 YR4’s ...

"This milestone marks a significant step toward sustaining long-term lunar and interplanetary operations." New shielding technology from NASA that protects against damaging lunar dust just passed ...

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

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

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.

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

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance ...