YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance ...

It was reported in January that the recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in December 2032. A few weeks later, ...

An asteroid that's ... However, if the moon were to take the hit from 2024 YR4, it would be left with a crater up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) across, New Scientist reported.

Very unlikely, but could make for a neat light show if it does There is a chance, albeit slim, that asteroid 2024 YR4 could ...

The calculations are expected to change with new ... the moon — on Christmas Day. It was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System two days later, on Dec. 27, 2024.

NASA officials have discovered a new ... MOON RETURN: This League City man spent 1,840 days talking about NASA’s return to the moon "While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 ...

An asteroid, estimated to be about 130 to 300 feet wide, has a chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. According to NASA, asteroid 2024 YR4 ... times the Earth-moon distance.

FILE - This May 18, 1969 photo provided by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon.

New calculations suggest there’s a 2% chance the space rock 2024 YR4 will smack Earth in 2032. This also means there’s a 98% chance it will safely pass our planet. The odds of a strike will almost ...