Scientists using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have ruled out the possibility that asteroid 2024 YR4 could collide with the Moon in 2032. New observations have helped researchers refine the space ...

Earth has long been deemed safe from a calamitous collision with a certain small asteroid in 2032. The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer. Finally, though, ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed Asteroid 2024 YR4 again, refining its trajectory and ruling out a potential collision with the moon in 2032. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / ...

NASA has announced that the asteroid known as 2024 YR4, a space rock roughly the size of a 20-story building, no longer poses a threat of crashing into the Moon during its close approach in 2032.

Initially, much uncertainty surrounded the flight path of the space rock known as 2024 YR4, a small asteroid that has recently become an object of much scientific attention. 2024 YR4, measuring ...

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope provided a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit. The 300-foot-long asteroid was previously considered a threat to both Earth and the moon.