The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...

For a brief few weeks in early 2025, astronomers were worried about the asteroid 2024 YR4. Discovered in late 2024 by an ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days ...

Any uncertainty in the calculation of the object’s orbit causes variations in the predicted solution. Instead of one precise ...

On the night of Aug. 19, a massive meteor fireball streaked across the skies of western Japan, its dazzling brilliance ...

YR4 was detected by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS telescope, in Río Hurtado, Chile, two days after the asteroid had already made its closest pass by Earth, hidden by ...

A 2024 YR4 collision with the moon would likely be visible from Earth. But just because Earth was spared doesn’t mean our moon is safe. Based on the most recent calculations, the chance that the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently not visible from Earth. "Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," stated NASA, according toFolha de S.Paulo.

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

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 ...

2024 YR4 is called a near-earth asteroid because it is located in an orbit within Earth’s region. City Killers means it could cause damage if it hit the Earth.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently out of visual range of telescopes because of its orbital position. NASA, based on the James Webb Space Telescope, has confirmed that the most likely date for it to ...