Image of the asteroid 2024 YR4 taken by ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in January 2025, observed at infrared wavelengths. | Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data ...

Credit: Asteroid graphic: Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project. Graphic made in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic An asteroid will make a close pass of Earth this weekend and you can watch it live ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. NASA has raised the odds that asteroid 2024 YR4, a fast-moving object roughly the size ...

An asteroid named 2024 YR4 stirred up concerns when it was found heading near Earth in December 2024. Early projections pushed scientists to keep a close watch, especially after the International ...

n huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly four percent chance of smashing into the Moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

Asteroid 2014 TN17, a massive 540-foot space rock, will safely pass Earth at a distance of 5 million kilometers on March 26, 2025. However, its potentially hazardous designation stresses the ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first detailed images of asteroid 2024 YR4, providing new insights into its size, surface material, and heat patterns. Initially considered a ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Scientists have finally seen what the "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 looks like. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took a peek at the asteroid scheduled to fly by Earth and Moon at an extremely ...