YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

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

They orbit the sun and are mostly found in the Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter, but some orbit closer to Earth. When viewed from Earth, asteroids appear as faint moving points of light ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 initially had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but NASA revised the probability to almost zero. However, observations now suggest a 2% chance of it striking the moon ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

n huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

The possibility of “city-killing” asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth is no longer a threat, but it could strike the moon, according to scientists. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

Credit: Asteroid graphic: Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project. Graphic made in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic An asteroid will make a close pass of Earth this weekend and you can watch it live ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a hazard to Earth, according to the James Webb Space Telescope Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...