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.

But another possibility is that the Moon would take the hit, according to David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey asteroid hunting group, who put the chance of it whacking our satellite at 0.3%.

Earth is no longer on a collision course with asteroid 2024 YR4, but it could potentially collide with the Moon. After weeks ...

NASA has significantly lowered the risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth in 2032 through recent calculations. The moon ...

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it ...

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

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The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking Earth eight years from now.

An asteroid between about 130 and 300 ft. (40 and 90 meters) in diameter has been given a 2.3% chance of it hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

Chances an asteroid may hit Earth in 2032 have again risen, though the risk remains tiny, astronomers say. Here's what to ...

The ‘city killer’ asteroid (possibly) heading our way might spare us and slam into the Moon instead, scientists said. The space rock known as 2024 YR4 has a 2.1% chance of hitting Earth based on ...