Learn about 2024 YR4, the asteroid with a 4 percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032, and the possible timeline of effects that could follow.

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

Scientists already knew this could be a doozy. Astronomers previously estimated if 2024 YR4 hits the moon, it could form a ...

There's a 4.3% chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the lunar surface and creating a collision so spectacular it will be like ...

For the last couple of years, NASA has been observing an asteroid that could be hurtling towards the moon in a matter of years. Scientists believe that Asteroid 2024 YR4 - which was discovered two ...

If 2024 YR4 strikes the Moon in 2032, we could not only witness the event, but also meteor storms like nothing we've ever ...

Only far smaller impacts have been observed directly. In 2013, a meteoroid weighing a few hundred kilograms struck the Moon, ...

Nasa is looking at several options, like crashing a probe into the asteroid to nudge it off course, but that plan was later deemed "impractical" because of constraints such as not knowing the object's ...

There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relatively ...

NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover, there’s about a 1 percent chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will not only ...

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