New observations suggest that a "city-killer" asteroid has a slightly higher chance of hitting the Moon than our planet.

New analyses have dramatically altered this outlook. The latest data suggests that the likelihood of the asteroid striking ...

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CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — NASA and other agencies are studying a large asteroid that was discovered in 2024. While Asteroid 2024 YRA has a minute chance of hitting Earth in seven ...

While some welcome the change, other experts warn that this move could make it even harder to access scientific information ...

The asteroid, about the size of a 10-story building, has a 4.3% chance of lunar impact, according to NASA's James Webb Space ...

An asteroid that, until a few months ago, was believed to be a threat to Earth is increasingly looking like it could crash ...

"Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to be observed with space-based or ground-based telescopes," NASA added in a statement ...

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.

For weeks, near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 has dominated the news. From the moment of its discovery in late December until the end of February, it became the space rock with the highest risk of ...

A NASA graphic of the possible locations (yellow points) of asteroid 2024 YR4 on Dec. 22, 2032, as of Apr. 2, 2025. (Image credit: NASA JPL/CNEOS) While analyzing the asteroid's trajectory ...