YR4 has a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth in the year 2032. But according to new estimates, it may have an even smaller chance of hitting the moon instead.

“Serpent Mound is the largest serpent effigy built anywhere on the planet Earth,” O’Grady said. “Serpent Mound is built up on ...

The world’s space agencies have reduced the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting ... begun thinking about a mission to divert 2024 YR4, and the new risk doesn’t change that, he says.

☄️ The impact probability of asteroid 2024 YR4 ... With the new observations, NASA has warned that there is around a 1% chance that the asteroid could impact the moon.

New research suggests the Moon may still be geologically active ... fire dynamics... Asteroid 2024 PT5, discovered near Earth in 2024, is suspected to be a fragment from the Moon’s surface.

The agency also shared that the new ... the asteroid had a 1.7% chance of hitting the moon, but those slight odds of impact do not pose a risk to Earth. “When first discovered, asteroid 2024 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, a large space rock continues to be in the spotlight since being discovered in December last year. Earlier this week, scientists increased the chances of the asteroid striking ...

NASA mentions that there’s a slight shift in concern toward the Moon. The new data suggests that asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1% chance of colliding with our Earth’s lunar counterpart, the Moon.

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) scientists have officially ruled out the possibility of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting ... of the asteroid striking the moon on Dec. 22, 2032, though they ...

An asteroid that's ... However, if the moon were to take the hit from 2024 YR4, it would be left with a crater up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) across, New Scientist reported.