In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...

Earth is not in danger of being hit by an asteroid in the near future ... NASA cautioned, however, that there is a small chance the asteroid could hit the moon in 2032. The probability, according ...

The moon, however, may not be in the clear. When first discovered in December, Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a small but notable ... based observatories. The Near-Earth Object Surveyor will be a space ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

NASA has said Earth ... of the asteroid smashing into the Moon has risen to 1-in-55, and is expected to keep going up. But a spokesman for Nasa said: “There still remains a very small chance ...

At its highest point a day earlier, the impact risk factor clocked in at 1 in 32, or 3.1%, making YR4 the most dangerous asteroid since the inception of NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid ... field, now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, according to the space agency's latest calculations. The Center for Near ...

NASA had it down to 0.0027% — meaning the asteroid will safely pass Earth in 2032 and there’s no threat of impact for the next century. Paul Chodas, who heads NASA’s Center for Near Earth ...

However, an impact on the moon cannot be ruled out. Read more: What are the chances an asteroid will impact Earth in 2032? Then in January of this year, the near approach of an asteroid perhaps a ...