Astronomers confirmed the object as a near-Earth asteroid, and catalogued it as 2024 YR4. But additional calculations soon raised red flags—its estimated 130-328 feet diameter and potential ...
Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid ... human-made objects are launched into space. These misidentifications could lead to more false alarms for near-Earth asteroids ...
It was identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, four telescopes around the world that hunt near-Earth objects and are funded by NASA. Its telescope in Chile found ...
the technical lead at NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, told Business Insider. Even so, the object — called asteroid 2024 YR4 — is Earth's biggest known impact threat in 20 years ...
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