The asteroid space scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead. Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally ...

NASA, who have been tracking a worrying asteroid hurtling through the universe, have given an update on its whereabouts and ...

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...

The large space rock, named 2024 YR4, was originally thought to have a 3.1 per cent possibility of smashing into our planet ...

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

YR₄ is no longer a threat to Earth, but the moon is not yet safe. Even observations from space have not changed this.

The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn't mean we're out of the woods forever. via REUTERS We could experience a rock market crash. Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

A few weeks ago, Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines for being surprisingly likely to hit Earth in the next several years. After peaking at an impact likelihood of about 3%, additional data was ...

so are more likely to hit. The resonant “pumping” stretching the orbit both inward and outward from the asteroid belt has already made 2024 YR4 cross Earth’s orbit, giving it a chance to impact.

This would mean that if 2024 YR4 were going to hit Earth on its next closest approach in 2032, we could nudge it enough to avoid disaster. —If an asteroid really threatened the Earth ...