In a rare "time-critical" decision, the James Webb Space Telescope will study the true size of the "potentially hazardous" ...
YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.
NASA is continuously refining its tracking of 2024 YR4, using its network of telescopes, including the repurposed WISE Space ...
A new near-Earth asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been detected by astronomers as it made a close approach to Earth recently. The asteroid, detected by a group of astronomers using sophisticated ...
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have gone up in the past few days, leading both NASA and the European ...
A large asteroid is predicted to have a close encounter with Earth. NASA has issued a warning, here's what we know about the ...
Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with Earth, a study has ...
The newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has caught the attention of scientists because, one in a million, it might hit Earth ...
Initially, the probability of an impact was 1 in 83, which represented a 1.2% chance of collision. The odds have now increased to 1 in 43, or a 2.3% chance of impact.
The 2024 YR4 was spotted on December 27, 2024, by the Atlas Telescope in Chile. Reportedly, the space rock is around 40 to ...