Asteroid 2024 YR4 Sparks Global Alert – Now It Might Hit the Moon Instead
A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
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Fearless James Webb Telescope Stares Down "City Killer" Asteroid That Had Been Feared to Strike Earth
The James Webb Space Telescope got a direct look at 2024 YR4, the asteroid once feared to strike Earth, and has determined ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Where do near-Earth asteroids come from – and what can we learn form them?
Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our ...
Asteroid which caused panic about deadly collision with Earth is massive, Nasa says
YR4, it appeared, was heading for Earth but more data recorded by the Webb Space Telescope has offered new information about ...
Why astronomers are tracking an asteroid that could potentially strike the moon
Astronomers have gotten a glimpse of the "city-killer" asteroid before it disappears until 2028, according to NASA.
The threat of killer space rocks
With funding uncertain, astronomers are struggling to contain the threat of a civilization-ending galactic visitor. There are between one and two million near-Earth objects (NEOs) -- chunks of space ...
'City-Killer' Asteroid Impact Still a Possibility (Just Not With Earth)
Don't worry – it's still not a danger to Earth for the time being. When we last checked in, odds of a collision between 2024 ...
James Webb telescope takes emergency look at 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ahead of close encounter in 2032
The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
The NEO Surveyor fulfills a 2005 act of Congress ordering NASA to catalog 90% of near-Earth objects larger than 459 feet, ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
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'Potentially hazardous' pyramid-size asteroid will make its closest flyby of Earth for more than 100 years this Wednesday
The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by this Wednesday (March 26). Researchers will monitor it carefully during its ...