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Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.
Late last year, a newly discovered asteroid caused quite a stir when initial observations revealed a greater than 1% chance ...
YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought ...
THE odds of a “city killer” asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was ...
Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network after it showed a small but real chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Finnish ...
The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...
"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...
NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an ...
A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...
The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.
YR4, once feared to hit Earth, may now strike the Moon in 2032, with NASA tracking its path using the Webb Telescope., ...