The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...

Recent observations from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed a decrease in the asteroid's size, adjusting it from previously estimated dimensions of 131-295 feet (40-90 meters) to 174-220 feet (53 ...

The possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 has virtually no chance of hitting Earth, but higher chance of hitting the moon.

Discovered in December 2024 in the Chilean desert, the asteroid 2024 YR4 initially posed a minuscule risk of impacting Earth. NASA had initially assessed a striking probability of just 0.004% for a ...

The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 for the first time; previously thought to have a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032.NASA stated that ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

Further observations by the James Webb Space Telescope successfully measured the asteroid’s thermal emission. According to ...

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

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

NASA have given an update on the behemoth astroid called 2024 YR4 and its size, with the agency revealing that its much ...

YR4 raised Earth impact concerns for 2032, but later calculations, especially from the Webb Telescope, lowered the risk.