The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...
If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...
This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance ...
The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus.
For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two ...
The first flight mission for planetary defense, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) seeks to validate a method to ...
There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like fireworks in the sky.
A small asteroid could strike the Moon in 2032, sparking moonquakes, glowing craters and meteor showers, while scientists debate whether to stop it or watch a rare cosmic experiment unfold.
Asteroid 2024 YR4, once a potential threat to Earth, could hit the Moon in 2032, creating a 1 km crater, a bright flash visible from Earth, and a possible meteor shower, scientists say.
Could humanity nuke an incoming asteroid to deflect it and save the Earth, disaster-movie style? A unique new impact ...
An asteroid which risks colliding with the moon in just years could produce "the most energetic lunar impact event ever recorded in human history", scientists say. Asteroid 2024 YR4, which at one ...