On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

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A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

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YR4 was first discovered in December last year by a telescope in Chile. The near-Earth asteroid is as big as a football field ...

Astronomers have identified a newly discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, with a small but notable chance of colliding with Earth on ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is between 120 to 270 metres in diameter, and travelling at approximately 19.14 km/s (68,904 km/h). The ...

Trump said he would talk with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, which have announced retaliatory tariffs of their own, but ...

Scientists are closely monitoring asteroid YR4, which has a small chance of impacting Earth. Could it pose a real threat?