Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An asteroid that scientists initially feared might pose a risk to Earth may could instead strike the moon in 2032, according to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a plan ripped straight from the script of the 1998 movie "Armageddon," scientists have suggested a simple, if violent, method ...

There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like fireworks in the sky.

In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time around, ...

The asteroid — which was initially discovered in December 2024 — is large enough to destroy a whole city, according to scientists Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth impact has now been ruled out, the asteroid's story continues. The ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without touching our atmosphere. However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, ...

An infamous asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth anytime soon, but the James Webb Space Telescope recently went to get a look at it anyway. If the name of the asteroid sounds ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered in December 2024. Here's NASA's estimate of the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth. The asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet wide. An asteroid may be ...

If the building-size asteroid 2024 YR4 crashes into the moon in December 2032, the impact will produce a bright flash that may be visible to the naked eye, a new study finds.