Earth may no longer be threatened by an impact from the asteroid 2024 YR4, but that doesn't mean this 200-foot-wide space rock can't still impact our lives.The asteroid, which at one point had a 1 in ...

“While this asteroid no longer poses a significant impact hazard to Earth, 2024 YR4 provided an invaluable opportunity” for study, NASA said in a statement. --By Marcia Dunn/The Associated Press ...

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile observed 2024 YR4 in January. This sequence of images is aligned so that the asteroid is at the center, with background stars ...

A so-called "city killer" asteroid scientists have been monitoring after discovering it had a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032 "no longer poses a significant threat," NASA said in its latest ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

An asteroid discovered late last year is expected to be in our neck of space in 2032.. The good news? It's not coming for Earth. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer visible, but NASA squeezed in one ...

Congratulations! You probably won’t be killed by an asteroid on December 22, 2032. NASA says 2024 YR4 now has a minuscule chance of hitting Earth, but the moon isn’t fully in the clear.