NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

An asteroid could potentially crash into Earth in less than eight years. Here's everything to know about asteroid 2024 YR4.

At the end of last year astronomers detected a new asteroid named 2024 YR4 but it wasn’t like other solar system travelers.

No, or at least not because of the 2024 YR4 asteroid. First off ... of collision capable of localized destruction. Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead to re-assignment to Level ...

telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between 40 and 100 meters in size—was spotted on December 27. The asteroid’s closest ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is still quite slim. New ...

Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was one ... impact the planet within the next century, using every new observation of the asteroid to continually update its predictions.

However, “Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead ... That’s why NASA demonstrated the ability to redirect an asteroid back in 2024—it’s hopefully a skill scientists never ...