Voigt and his team had begun thinking about a mission to divert 2024 YR4, and the new risk doesn’t change that, he says. “The risk decreased, but for the time being we are still proceeding with work ...

The asteroid, which was first reported in December 2024 and is large enough to destroy an entire city, was initially ...

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

2024 YR4 has now fallen from the riskiest asteroid ... Lab tests, too, show that laser deflections work. And scientists have long discussed using nuclear weapons, either to deflect the asteroid ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

"2024 YR4 is just the tip of the iceberg, as new asteroid discovery surveys are becoming more thorough than ever," Binzel said. "The Torino scale will have its work cut out for it." Binzel noted that ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4, detected by telescopes on December 27 ... asteroid’s risk assessment is thanks to “unsung, meticulous work by astronomers” who conducted a steady stream of follow-up ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses a potential risk to the Moon, with a 1.7% chance of collision despite Earth now being safe. If it ...