Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile a couple of ...

Scientists are closely watching a newly discovered asteroid — 2024 YR4 — whose chances of hitting Earth just before Christmas in 2032 are rising. The asteroid 2024 YR4 was first spotted by the ...

Just after Christmas Day ... Here’s what you need to know about 2024 YR4. It was identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, four telescopes around the world ...

2024 YR4 has now fallen from the riskiest asteroid on NASA’s automated Sentry ... the same size as the Bighorn nuclear test dropped on Christmas Island in 1962. It also fits into the range ...

Researchers said the 200ft asteroid’s latest probability of impacting the Moon had increased to 4.3 per cent from the ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 also rates 3 of 10 on the Torino Impact ... The Webb Telescope launched Christmas Day in 2021 and made a splash seven months later when the first images were released in ...

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Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between 40 and 90 ... It was first reported on Jan. 27, 2025, after it came closer to Earth on Christmas and was spotted by a telescope in Chile that is ...

NASA astronomers say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 ... If the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, were to hit the planet, it would collide ...

An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered by the Asteroid ...