A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

Astronomers around the world have trained their telescopes toward an asteroid they believe has a ... the view of Earth-based telescopes by mid-April as it moves away from Earth to orbit around ...

Although the risk is still quite low, scientists continue to closely monitor the asteroid's trajectory. 2024 YR4 will remain visible until April. In the meantime, the asteroid will continue to be ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting! This is the last chance we have to observe the asteroid from Gemini before 2028." It might not look like much in this image, but this is the ...

On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

The asteroid is expected to remain observable through April 2025, after which its visibility will be limited until June 2028. Further analysis of it via the James Webb Space Telescope is planned ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3%, but astronomers say not to fret.

But astronomers only have a certain amount of time to observe the asteroid before it fades from view in April. Now, they’re planning to turn the powerful eye of the James Webb Space Telescope in ...

Astronomers have spotted an asteroid with a 2.3% chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. The asteroid is estimated to be about 40-90 meters wide, big enough to cause local devastation but not ...

An asteroid capable of flattening a mid-sized ... or whether there is still some chance left in the middle of April. We will be so far away from the object that we cannot observe it from Earth ...

In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time ...

The asteroid will continue to be visible from Earth through April, giving astronomers some ... a close flyby to Earth in 2029 and again in 2036. In the coming years, both NASA and the European ...