Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so ...

New observations suggest that a "city-killer" asteroid has a slightly higher chance of hitting the Moon than our planet.

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

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 ...

Here’s something wild: a chunk of the Moon might’ve broken off, and it’s hanging out closer to Earth than you’d think! 🌙 ...

YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of ...

In February 2025, asteroid 2024 YR4's maximum collision risk with our homeworld when it swoops back around in 2032 was ...

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

By February 2024, NASA had ruled out any Earth strike. The updated odds dropped to near zero, and 2024 YR4 was officially ...

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.

In the Northern Hemisphere, June 20 is the day on which the sun is highest in the sky, aka the summer solstice! This is the ...

YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking ...