An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
The possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 has virtually no chance of hitting Earth, but higher chance of hitting the moon.
YR4, once feared to hit Earth, may now strike the Moon in 2032, with NASA tracking its path using the Webb Telescope., ...
There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...
With the first round of Webb observations complete, the chances of 2024 YR4 impacting the Moon isn't zero. "While an Earth ...
YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.
The risk to the moon is only part of the reason astronomers want to continue to keep an eye on 2024 YR4. While YR4 and its much larger cousin, Apophis, have been ruled out as threats to Earth ...
YR4 was classified in February at Level 3 on the Torino Scale prompting the UN to activate the Planetary Security Protocol ...
THE enormous asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an alarmingly ...