On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid, 2024 YR4 ...

Maggie Lieu has received funding from STFC. In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. What’s significant about this 100m ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero after earlier data ...

Jenniskens guided the recovery of the first such small asteroid in 2008, called asteroid 2008 TC3, and we are about to see a lot more thanks to new astronomical facilities coming online.

Any risk to Earth from this small asteroid has almost been eliminated, but there's still a chance it could hit the Moon in 2032! The latest telescopic observations have reduced the danger posed by ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking Earth are almost zero, after earlier data had indicated a higher risk ...

Jenniskens guided the recovery of the first such small asteroid in 2008, called asteroid 2008 TC3, and we are about to see a lot more thanks to new astronomical facilities coming online.