The difference matters in the case of impact The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to ...

In some ways, 2024 YR4 is one of the most worrying asteroids we have ever encountered. It was, for instance, given a rating ...

CHINA is assembling a planetary defence team to join the US and Europe in bracing for an evermore likely “city-killer” ...

The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...

The Webb telescope is well-suited to identify asteroid 2024 YR4's size. Webb views a type of light we can't see with the ...

A 1-in-83 chance of an impact represented a 1.2% chance of an impact. That meant there was a 98.8% that 2024 YR4 would miss ...

NASA is training humanity’s most powerful telescope on a “city-killing” asteroid to determine whether or not we need to brace ...

Scientists warn about a large asteroid, 2024 YR4, that may collide with Earth in 2032. Current predictions give it a roughly ...

An asteroid first observed in late December 2024 is on track to pass by or collide with Earth in December 2032.

YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short ...

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