YR4, the "city-killer" asteroid that briefly made headlines last year due to a small but non-zero chance that it may hit the ...

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, first detected in ...

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Our world could still be rocked indirectly. “City-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4 may no longer be on a collision course with Earth, but it could pose a threat to our planet. Astronomers have upped the odds ...

The asteroid that could've killed cities could still collide with the moon. That's what the models of Asteroid 2024 YR4 say, after previously suggesting that the probability that the asteroid would ...

Astronomers are watching 2024 YR4 closely before it disappears from view. Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA. The space ...

After YR4 was first discovered in late-2024, its odds of impact with Earth briefly rose to historically high levels before it was eventually ruled out as a threat during an upcoming flyby. Because the ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

On hearing the words "city killer" and "asteroid" in the same sentence, you'd be forgiven for thinking something bad is about to happen. But not to fear. Although an asteroid with the potential to ...

In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered asteroid big enough to severely damage or even destroy a city—stood a 3.1 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. At ...

The astronomers told us this was the most likely outcome: a "city killer" asteroid that once had a better than 3% chance of striking Earth in 2032 is no longer a concern. The near-Earth object 2024 ...