Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...

Two others hit the remains of the now-broken asteroid, deflecting the largest piece of it. The following year (later on day five), the participants learnt that the broken fragment was still ...

The Hera probe has swung around Mars, using the planet’s gravitational pull to fling itself toward its asteroid target. During its brief rendezvous with the Red Planet, Hera caught a glimpse of the ...

Two others hit the remains of the now-broken asteroid, deflecting the largest piece of it. The following year (later on day five), the participants learnt that the broken fragment was still ...

Languages: English. The space agencies of the U.S. and China have both started planning for the potential impact of the so-called "city-killer" asteroid. The chances of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting ...

Up until August 2024, the WISE spacecraft was one such observatory. The telescope was repurposed for asteroid and comet tracking after its original mission ended. In the next few years ...

NASA's latest update on Asteroid 2024 YR4 warns of its potential impact on Odisha and six other Indian states. Learn about ...

However, a debris cloud then prevented participants from knowing what had worked until January 2021 (day five), when it was announced that two of the six KIs had missed, one had hit and fractured the ...