YR4 was first reported to the Minor Planet Center â€“ the international clearing house for small body positional measurements – ...
February 13, 2025, a 93-foot asteroid named 2025 CL3 is set to pass close to Earth at 7:06 PM IST. The thought of a large ...
Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...
CV will pass Earth at a distance of 4,760,000 km, over five times the Earth-Moon distance. Three other asteroids passed by ...
Humanity's most powerful eye on space will be closely examining asteroid 2024 YR4 in the coming weeks and months.
Astronomers will use the Webb telescope to closely monitor the size and trajectory of an asteroid that has a slim chance of striking Earth in 2032.