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The potential risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth in 2032 dropped to nearly zero following new observations that helped better predict the asteroid's trajectory.

NASA will use the James Webb Space Telescope to gather crucial data on the size of asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, initially raising impact concerns, is confirmed safe for Earth after precise observations by the Subaru Telescope. Early warnings, initiated by ATLAS, noted a minimal risk ...

In a blog post Monday confirming that the telescope would observe the near-Earth asteroid − known as 2024 YR4 − the European Space Agency (ESA) said the telescope will help astronomers more ...

GRAND FORKS, ND — Astronomers have turned their high-powered telescopes toward a 100-meter wide asteroid hurtling in its orbit through the Milky Way galaxy and are hoping it doesn’t collide wi ...

The Gemini South telescope, commissioned over two decades ago, continues to contribute significant astronomical findings. On February 7th, it captured a new image of Asteroid 2024 YR4, which ...

The asteroid was so faint that scientists had to use the massive Gemini South telescope in Chile to spot it. The bright moon, which was 70 per cent illuminated, made it even harder to capture a ...

The striking new images of asteroid YR4 2024 were captured by a space telescope in Chile on February 7, and show it in the most detail yet. They were taken through the lens of the Gemini South ...