which runs the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS). "We try to cover as much sky as possible," he says. "We don't need to see as far as possible out in the universe." ...

A telescope in Chile—part of one such NASA-funded facility, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)—discovered 2024 YR4, on December 27 last year. Once an observatory first ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first discovered 2024 YR4 on December 27. The telescope is one of the asteroid discovery programs ...

The asteroid was discovered in 2024, and its potential impact on Earth is predicted for 22nd December 2032. The "Independent" published a map showing where asteroid 2024 YR4 might strike.

NASA has all but ruled out asteroid 2024 YR4 as a danger to Earth, reducing its impact probability to just 0.004% in 2032. However, a small risk remains for the Moon. Scientists are seizing the moment ...

NASA is on high alert for a “city-killer” asteroid ... in contact with astronomers from the International Asteroid Warning Network to map out the rock’s path — and ascertain the risks ...

An asteroid gaining notoriety for its potential to collide with Earth in 2032 was estimated Tuesday to have roughly a 3% chance of striking our planet — the highest probability ever assigned ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact. But both percentages rise above the 2.7% chance ...

It’s a curiosity,” said Larry Denneau, senior software engineer with the University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system that first spotted the asteroid. “Don’t panic. Let the process ...