Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Where things stand: The chances of the asteroid hitting Earth currently stand at 2.1%, or about 1 in 47, and could fall to ...

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And before the decade’s end, an asteroid-hunting space-based telescope ... planetary defense — even if it lingers deep in the background, behind many other issues — gets its due. Perhaps that’s ...

the importance of such a religious event as well as the technological wonder of taking pictures from the great space of the universe. Also Read | NASA names an asteroid discovered by a 14-year-old ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

Ernie Mastroianni/NASA The uncertainty surrounding this space rock is still prominent as astronomers race to find out as much as they can about the asteroid before they lose sight of it.

A recently spotted space rock has suddenly climbed atop astronomers’ threat lists. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies calculates that the nearly 300-foot-wide asteroid 2024 YR now has ...