Scientists have also considered spray painting one side of the asteroid white, increasing its reflectiveness so it slowly changes trajectory. These subtler strategies would require reaching the ...

It fell to level 1 (green, “normal”) on Feb. 20 and has now been labeled level 0 (white, “no hazard”). “Asteroid 2024 YR4 has now been reassigned to Torino Scale Level Zero as additional ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to observe the asteroid in March and May 2025 under the director’s discretionary time allocation.

(CNN) — Asteroid 2024 YR4, deemed the riskiest asteroid on record last week, now has nearly a zero percent chance of impacting Earth in 2032, according to NASA and the European Space Agency.

The grainy images show 2024 YR4 as a bright white smudge against ... The moon's illumination caused background lighting that made it even harder to see the asteroid. Physicists will be keeping ...

Scientists have also considered spray painting one side of the asteroid white, increasing its reflectiveness so it slowly changes trajectory. These subtler strategies would require reaching the ...

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

"I find this asteroid to be extremely exciting ... meaning there was a considerable increase in sky background light compared to typical darker conditions. This made it more challenging to ...