NASA recently tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a 3 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2032. New data shows it's no longer a threat, but the incident highlights the need for strong ...

NASA and international scientists closely tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a rare 3 percent collision probability with Earth. Although the threat has now diminished, the incident ...

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For months, astronomers were concerned that a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, could collide with Earth in 2032. But thanks to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), we now know ...

Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 YR4, was once thought to be on a crash course with our planet. After its likelihood of hitting us was lowered to zero, and some ...

YR4, once flagged as a potential Earth threat, is now being tracked for a possible Moon impact in 2032, with a 3.8% chance of collision.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 earlier showed a 3% threat to hit Earth New observations reduce the impact of collision to below 1% NASA and global scientists emphasise the importance of open data ...

A team of astronomers used the Gemini South Observatory in Chile to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 in multiple wavelengths as it zoomed away from Earth in February, barely 1½ months after its discovery.

An asteroid, 2024 YR4, once considered a potential Earth threat, now poses a 3.8% chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. Initially, NASA flagged a small possibility of Earth impact, but refined ...

In 2022, NASA launched the DART mission, which crashed into a small asteroid called Dimorphos. The test was a success it changed the asteroid’s orbit by 33 minutes. It proved that asteroids can be ...