Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 captured a lot of headlines shortly after its discovery because it had a slim chance of hitting Earth. The object is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet wide, large enough ...

Asteroid 2025 KX8, about the size of a small jet, will make a close approach to Earth on June 4, 2025. While it poses no immediate threat, scientists are closely monitoring its trajectory.

The latest probability of impact for asteroid 2024 YR4, as of June 3, 2025, at 4.3 per cent of striking the Moon on December 22, 2032.

The asteroid, about a third of a mile wide at its equator, poses no immediate threat to our planet. But hundreds of years from now, there is a small chance that Bennu could slam into Earth.

Science News: Asteroid 2024 YR4, though not an Earth threat, now poses a collision risk to the Moon. Scientists estimate a 4.3% chance of impact, potentially ejecti ...

On Feb. 24, NASA announced an official "all clear" on social media, reporting the impact probability had dropped to just 0.004% and that the asteroid is "expected to safely pass by Earth in 2032." ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.3% chance of striking the Earth on Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2032, according to experts from NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network (IAWN).

June 2025 — NASA refined asteroid 2024 YR4's path, raising chances of a lunar impact in 2032. The asteroid no longer poses a significant threat to Earth, experts confirmed after new observations ...

An enormous asteroid—big enough to leave a six-mile-wide crater and darken the world with dust if it hit Earth—will harmlessly zip by our planet on April 29. The object, called 1998 OR2, is at ...

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which once registered a possibility of hitting Earth, now has a 4.3% chance of hitting the moon in 2032. The latest observations utilized NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken another look at the potential "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 and found its chances of hitting the moon in December 2032 have increased to 4.3%.