Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

However, we’re not totally out of the woods just yet. YR4 still sits at a level three on the Torino Scale — a standard rubric ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which once had the highest recorded impact probability for its size.

Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been following asteroid 2024 YR4 for months. It was first identified by NASA late last year and has been ...

As dark moonless skies make new observations of asteroid 2024 YR4 possible, researchers are refining its orbit — and its ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...

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The risk assessment of the newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 has increased from a chance of 1.2% impact over the last week ...

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Jonathan O'Callaghan, a journalist who won British Science Journalist of the Year at the 2024 ABSW Awards, wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the impact of the asteroid could be "1,000 times more ...

Until 2024 YR 4, no asteroid has reached class 3 since then. This also means that the asteroid is not only of interest to astronomers, but also deserves attention from the public and official bodies.

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4 and measuring 100m by 40m, is currently at a distance of around 27 million miles and is edging away. However, its path will cross our orbit on 22 December 2032 and ...