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

Astronomers have captured a new image of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which now has a 1 in 48 chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

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

2024 YR4 now has a value of 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, the International Astronomical Union's list of asteroids that come close to Earth. That puts it way out in front of any other asteroid.

Named 2024 YR4, the asteroid has a 2.2% chance of hitting our planet on December ... If this asteroid follows the pattern of other near-Earth asteroids after their discovery, the chances of ...

ATLAS promptly reported the asteroid to the Minor Planet Center, a clearing house for the positional measurements of small bodies like asteroids ... of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth decreases with ...

Now, ever-improving technology at our disposal has equipped us here on Earth to better detect – and prepare for – inbound asteroids ... Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many when it was ...

The asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024 when it was 515,116 miles (829,000 kilometers) from Earth. At the time, the chances of 2024 YR4 hitting ... NASA deems asteroids as potentially ...

A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn't correspond to any of the thousands of known stars, comets, and asteroids in astronomers' all-sky catalog.