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A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...
New Webb Telescope data confirms that asteroid 2024 YR4 poses no threat to Earth during its 2032 flyby. As for the Moon, not ...
A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to ...
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...
A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope took a close look at asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a potential ...
The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...
After giving us quite the scare (or something to look forward to), NASA removed 2024 YR4 from its naughty list when calculations showed that the asteroid had a near-zero chance of hitting Earth.
Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...