A small shift in trajectory has raised the risk of a lunar impact — but the scariest part is, we can't track it anymore.

YR4 holds a 4 per cent chance of hitting the Moon. Discovered after it had already passed Earth, the asteroid's trajectory highlights the limitations of current Earth-based detection systems.

Earth safe from YR4, but impact odds for moon keep rising Earth may no longer be at risk of a calamitous collision with the asteroid, but the moon isn't so lucky. Webb's initial observations in ...

Not only did 2024 YR4 have the highest chance of impact on December 22, 2032, starting off at just 1.3 per cent, but the odds ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which previously posed the highest impact risk to Earth ever recorded, has now been assessed a slightly higher chance of slamming into the Moon in seven years.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth, but media reports too often ignore the unlikelihood of impact in reports of near-Earth asteroids, a Tucson astronomer says.

Initial sightings of Asteroid 2032 YR4 were tricky, but tracking has gotten better, helping us understand its path. New data, ...

US Pacific ally intercepts Russian warships near coast James Webb telescope ups the odds that 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032 Spectators save soccer coach's life after ...

En route to the asteroid system Didymos, Hera will reach its closest point to Mars on March 12. It will use the gravitational pull of the Red Planet to create a slingshot effect, accelerating the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, which once held the highest recorded chance of impacting Earth, has re-emerged in scientific discussions. Its updated path suggests a slightly increased chance of striking the Moon ...

Remember asteroid 2024 YR4? Once feared to be on a collision course with Earth in 2032, the space rock may still prove dangerous, just not in the way thought earlier. Astronomers now believe the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is about 53 to 67 meters (174 to 220 ft) in diameter. It’s the same size as the asteroid responsible for the Tunguska Event in 1908.