Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile a couple of ...

Scientists are closely watching a newly discovered asteroid — 2024 YR4 — whose chances of hitting Earth just before Christmas in 2032 are rising. The asteroid 2024 YR4 was first spotted by the ...

When the universe gives you asteroid lemons, you should make science lemonade. The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is estimated to be between 40 and 90 ... It was first reported on Jan. 27, 2025, after it came closer to Earth on Christmas and was spotted by a telescope in Chile that is ...

When asteroid 2024 YR4 was first discovered ... the “meteor crater size” rock was predicted to be near Earth just before Christmas 2032. Early estimates indicated that December 22 of that ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 also rates 3 of 10 on the Torino Impact ... The Webb Telescope launched Christmas Day in 2021 and made a splash seven months later when the first images were released in ...

IT IS PREDICTED THAT THE ASTEROID COULD HIT EARTH ON DECEMBER 22ND, 2032, RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ... Scientists are tracking Asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a small chance of colliding with Earth ...

NASA astronomers say there's a small chance a distant asteroid could hit Earth three days before Christmas in 2032 ... If the asteroid, called 2024 YR4, were to hit the planet, it would collide ...

Just after Christmas Day ... Here’s what you need to know about 2024 YR4. It was identified by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS, four telescopes around the world ...