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 anyway. Here's what it found.

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

The infamous 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4, which is large enough to destroy an entire city, still has a 2% chance of striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, according to scientists.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will likely spare Earth, but still has a chance of hitting the Moon. MetaBallStudios / SWNS While there’s still a 96.2% chance the asteroid will miss the satellite completely ...

This asteroid is about the size of a large building, and it's hurtling along at tens of thousands of kilometres per hour. If ...

The asteroid space scientists feared would hit Earth may now smash into the Moon instead. Space rock 2024 YR4 was originally ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach in 2032. The telescope confirmed Earth is safe, but there is a 3.8% chance ...

Earth Is Safe From Menacing Asteroid—but Our Moon Might Take the Hit The Moon, however, is still not safe from the flying space rock. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies recently ...

The odds of an asteroid recently discovered by scientists hitting the Moon are increasing, and the prospect has astronomers excited instead of alarmed. NASA named the near-Earth asteroid revolving ...

However, the chances of the asteroid hitting the moon have doubled, from 1.7% to 3.8% based on new readings from the James Webb Space Telescope. NASA said: "Experts at NASA’s Center for Near ...