Asteroid 2024 YR4, once the highest impact risk ever recorded, now poses no threat to Earth but has a slightly increased chance of striking the moon in 2032.

Scientists are tracking potential asteroid threats in 2032, raising questions about what could happen if an asteroid were to strike the Moon instead of Earth. While Earth may avoid a direct hit, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have now completely ruled out any impact risk from asteroid 2024 YR4, both for ...

Discovered at the end of December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 at first seemed a serious threat to Earth, with scientists estimating as much as a 3.1% chance of it impacting our planet on December 22, 2032 ...