Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

Imagine gazing at the cosmos, not through a telescope, but immersed in a vivid journey that transports you to the farthest ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

The likelihood of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Moon, during Christmas 2032, has more than doubled. The space rock made headlines in February when it was said to be the most dangerous object of its ...

The latest estimates from Nasa believe Space rock 2024 YR4 is nearly 60 metres across, or the height of a 15-storey building. The asteroid was initially estimated to be as wide as 100 metres.

The asteroid 2024 YR4 is expected to disappear again in mid-April (Picture: European Space Agency via AP) Some estimates put the impact of 2024 YR4 as being akin to 15,000,000 tons of TNT. If it ...

Discovered by Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey, the Big Ben-sized asteroid 2024 YR4 is now seen as a negligible threat, with recent data significantly reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% ...