Since early January, astronomers have used the Magdalena Ridge Observatory in New Mexico, the Danish Telescope and the Very ...

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

"Now imagine you see a railroad track in the distance you. That doesn't appear to be moving that fast." In the same way, an asteroid that is close to the Earth will appear to be moving faster than ...

Buried "megaripples" — some the size of five-story buildings — are helping scientists piece together the devastation ...

However, it should be possible to evacuate people should it threaten a populated area. For now, the best thing we can do is track the asteroid with more observations, refining its trajectory, ...

YR4 became the highest-rated asteroid predicted to strike Earth, and although predictions for impact have lowered, not enough ...

Why Asteroid 2024 YR4 Is Unlikely to Hit Earth in 2032 and How Scientists Keep Track CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few week ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track its course. But the chance of an impact is ...

In late December of 2024, um, *** NASA funded near Earth asteroid survey, the one that, you know, I operate called Atlas, uh, discovered an asteroid that as it came by the Earth, uh, this time ...

How do scientists track potentially dangerous asteroids? A telescope in Chile discovered the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December. It’s estimated to be 130 feet to 300 feet (40 meters to 90 meters) across.