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YR4, first discovered in December 2024, triggered a first-ever notification from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

April 3 (UPI) --NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is the size of a 10-story building and is now more likely to make impact with the moon. Designated as near ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made the discovery after completing the first of two planned observations of asteroid 2024 YR4. “While an Earth impact by 2024 YR4 on December 22 ...

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MetaBallStudios / SWNS While there’s still a 96.2% chance the asteroid will miss the satellite completely — if it were to make impact, it wouldn’t alter the moon’s orbit, according to ...

While the chance is still small, the updated forecast does note an increased impact risk that the city-killer asteroid will strike the Moon. Originally discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 ...

Shortly after it was discovered, astronomers calculated that the asteroid had a 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032 — that's an impact risk of around 1%. Experts urged caution, though noting ...

However, according to NASA, if the asteroid were to impact the Moon, it would not alter its orbit. While a collision with the Moon would likely create a new crater and possibly eject debris into ...

Both the Eta Aquarids and Lyrids meteor showers will be active at the same time, giving viewers in the Northern Hemisphere the opportunity to witness simultaneous meteor showers, as weather ...

That began to change in late February as more precise observations allowed scientists to effectively winnow down the asteroid's odds of impact to a number so low, it may as well be zero.