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The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...
Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...
In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...
Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.
"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...
The James Webb Space Telescope got a direct look at 2024 YR4, the asteroid once feared to strike Earth, and has determined ...
YR4 asteroid has a near-zero chance of striking Earth, but a slim chance of hitting the moon, new research says.
YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.
The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.
NASA says the chances of an asteroid dubbed ‘2024 YR4’ hitting the lunar surface have doubled since February. The odds of an ...
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...