YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

YR4 has a roughly 2 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, and “is large enough to cause localized damage,” NASA says.

The amount of light reflected by the asteroid’s surface is used to estimate how big it is. However ... “Tiny asteroids do hit ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine just how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.

NASA announced Monday that the asteroid, named 2024 YR 4, no longer poses a “significant threat” to Earth in 2032 or beyond. ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid big enough to destroy a whole ... Apophis initially had a small chance to hit Earth on Sept. 13, 2024, but did not. The International ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

February, headlines around the world buzzed about the potential for an asteroid to hit the Earth in 2023—specifically, ...

How big is the asteroid? Could there be damage ... No. It's hard to find an asteroid with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth, 2024 YR4 happens to be the only asteroid with more than a 1 in ...