Initially, much uncertainty surrounded the flight path of the space rock known as 2024 YR4, a small asteroid that has ...

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the Moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has eliminated the possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon in December 2032, resolving a years-long planetary defense alert that once ranked among the ...

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, known as DART, did more than shove a small asteroid into a tighter loop around its ...

Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally feared to be heading for Earth, but further observations suggested it would strike the lunar surface.

The chances of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025, after astronomers discovered a building-sized asteroid hurtling towards Earth. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, was first detected by ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 4% chance of smashing into the Moon in about seven years. Astronomers are already working out ways to prevent a potential impact. Reading time 3 minutes Asteroid 2024 ...

Earthlings aren't the only ones safe from a city-wrecking-size asteroid. Future lunar inhabitants won't have to worry about a ...

New data about the DART spacecraft’s effects adds evidence that Earth could be defended from future deadly asteroids by diverting their orbits.