The potentially hazardous asteroid 2024 YR4 caused consternation over the last few weeks as its odds of hitting Earth in 2032 dramatically rose. Now, those odds have plummeted to near-zero, as ...
NASA announced that asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 0.28 percent chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but that number is expected to ...
Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.
The asteroid, known as asteroid 2024 YR4, first flew into view of NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS ...
Human beings have been striving for years to learn more about the planets neighboring Earth. In particular, the efforts have focused on Mars, where the Curiosity rover has been pla ...
Dr. Richard Binzel is a leading astronomer and professor at MIT. Binzel and his team have been following asteroid 2024 YR4 for months. It was first identified by NASA late last year and has been ...
A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may ...
NEW: NASA has increased the chance a major asteroid smashes into Earth in 2032, now giving it a 3.1% chance, up from 2.6% ...
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on ...