NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has recently focused its sights on the asteroid 2024 YR4, revealing that this building-sized object, measuring approximately 60 meters (about 200 feet), poses no ...

Discovered late last year, the asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3% chance of smacking Earth in 2032. Additional observations prompted scientists to reduce the threat to virtually ...

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

NASA recently tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a 3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. New data shows it's no longer a threat, but the incident highlights the need for strong ...

NASA and international scientists closely tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a rare 3 percent collision probability with Earth. Although the threat has now diminished, the incident ...

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, received much attention after NASA claimed it could collide with Earth. However, the risk of a collision has been eliminated because the chances have dropped to ...

Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 YR4, was once thought to be on a crash course with our planet. After its likelihood of hitting us was lowered to zero, and some ...

Is asteroid 2024 YR4 heading toward the Moon? No need to worry just yet, though. The Moon is regularly hit by thousands of impacts, and it has already survived far worse collisions than the one ...

What are some of the largest extraterrestrial impacts to effect Earth? Learn what we’ve seen in history, and what is ...

Space.com: In recent times, the worry du jour seems to revolve around asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, which apparently has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Why so much attention on that object?