New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.

Don't fret, the moon is safe from a potential "city killer" asteroid collision in half-a-dozen years, astronomers now say. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to ...

The possibility that a huge space rock — once deemed the riskiest asteroid ever observed — could hit the moon now appears to ...

NASA said earlier this month that an asteroid that at one point had a 4% chance of hitting the moon will miss the lunar ...

Asteroids are flying past us all the time but sometimes, one gets a little too close for comfort. In 2024, astronomers ...

NASA is contemplating a nuclear option to prevent an asteroid, 2024 YR4, from crashing into the Moon in 2032. This skyscraper-sized space rock poses a risk of ejecting debris into Earth's orbit, ...

Had the asteroid hit the moon, it would have carved out a crater in an impact with the energy of a nuclear bomb. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Initially, much uncertainty surrounded the flight path of the space rock known as 2024 YR4, a small asteroid that has recently become an object of much scientific attention. 2024 YR4, measuring ...

NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there's now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA issued a welcomed all-clear Thursday, saying there’s now zero chance that asteroid 2024 YR will crash into the moon in 2032. The space agency had been predicting a 4.3 ...

Of all the asteroids that have imperiled the planet, 2024 YR4 is unparalleled. Soon after it was spotted in December 2024, worldwide telescopic observations quickly positioned it as the most dangerous ...