The asteroid will gradually fade from view over the next few months, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. Until then, some of the world's most ... on Christmas Day — passing within ...

A telescope in Chile, part of a NASA-funded program to search for near-Earth objects, spied the asteroid two days after the rock, on Christmas, made its closest approach to Earth. It was roughly ...

Jan. 29, 2025 You may hear about a large asteroid ... the world that hunt near-Earth objects and are funded by NASA. Its telescope in Chile found 2024 YR4 on Dec. 27, just two days after a close ...

An asteroid recently ... telescopes around the world that hunt near-Earth objects, and its telescope in Chile was the one to make the find. It wasn't until a few days later that the object caught ...

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The world's space agencies ... tend to rise in the early days of sighting them. At first we have just a few points of reference from which to calculate the asteroid's orbit. Because its path ...

The asteroid, 2024 YR4, is estimated to be 58 metres ... One astronomer, David Rankin, said in a post on social media that the odds of 2024 YR4 hitting earth “have slightly increased to 1 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

The asteroid will gradually fade from view over the next few months, according to NASA and the European Space Agency. Until then, some of the world’s ... on Christmas Day — passing within ...

Until then, some of the world's most powerful telescopes will keep monitoring it to better determine its size and path. Once out of sight, it won't be visible until it passes our way again in 2028.