A ‘city-killer’ asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash into the Moon in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a potential threat to Earth, is now more likely to hit the moon in 2032. The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar ...

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The football field-sized asteroid’s odds of striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, jumped from 1.7% in late February to 3.8% based on data collected using the James Webb Space Telescope.

The asteroid still has a 1.7% chance of crashing into the moon on Dec. 22, 2032. NASA gave the all-clear Monday on an asteroid that previously had a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.

NASA has updated the asteroid 2024 YR4's trajectory, confirming it will pass safely by Earth in 2032, but still with a 1.7 percent chance of impacting the moon.

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which is nearly the size of a football field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations.

The asteroid, at 40 to 90 meters wide, could be capable of destroying a mid-sized city on Earth. If researchers find its actual size to be nearer the top end of that range, it could flatten some ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has 1.5% odds of hitting Earth. Among the more than 37,000 known large space rocks, it's the only one right now with any chance of hitting Earth anytime soon.

The recently discovered, much-hyped Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has almost zero chance of hitting Earth in 2032, according to the latest astronomical observations. After the probability of impact peaked ...

UPDATE Feb. 24, 2025: With new observations over the weekend, the odds of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 have declined to 0.0039 percent — effectively eliminating concerns about that encounter ...