Of note, the asteroid, approximately 60 meters in diameter — roughly the width of a football field — still has a 2% chance of striking the moon. Nevertheless, new observations of 2024 YR4 from both ...

This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained on 7 February 2025 with the Gemini South telescope in Chile. NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines earlier ...

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 1 1/2 months after its discovery.

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. Since its discovery, the asteroid has warranted ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

There were fears a giant asteroid the size of 59 Bonos was hurtling towards Earth and could wipe Ireland out with a series of catastrophic earthquakes or massive tsunamis ...

A large asteroid whose chances of hitting Earth have been all but ruled out is now slightly more likely to hit the Moon than ...

NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on Sunday, April 20, coming within 600 miles (920 kilometers) of the object located in the inner region of the asteroid belt ...