A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4 ... it was dubbed a potential "city killer" because it was large enough to wipe out a major city. While unlikely, a lunar ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

A 'city-destroying' asteroid expected to come perilously close to Earth is much bigger than previously thought, scientists have announced. Space agencies had initially estimated that large space ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 had everyone collectively holding their breath just months ago, but now, it appears that the “city-killer” asteroid has a stronger chance of striking the Moon, not Earth. The ...

Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space rock, called 2024 YR4, was previously given up to a 3.1% chance of ...

What to know about asteroid 2024 YR4 Because it's big enough to destroy a city, asteroid 2024 YR4 became a source of alarm due to the uncommonly high risk it had of colliding with Earth on Dec.

Subsequent observations of the rock reduced the threat to virtually zero. But new direct observations of the asteroid by Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope suggest a nearly 4 per cent chance of ...

Space scientists have worked out the shape of the asteroid that could smash into the Moon in 2032. The infamous "city-killer" asteroid, called 2024 YR4, made headlines when NASA scientists ...

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 ...