NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will approach Earth on Sunday, January 26.

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will approach Earth on Sunday, 26th ...

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

How close will asteroid 2024 YY5 come? Asteroid 2024 YY5 will pass Earth on 26 January 2025. It will maintain a distance of 2 ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

The hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...

On January 26, 2025, an asteroid called 2024 YY5 will fly by Earth, which has sparked interest in the scientific and space ...

There's a 1.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike Earth (artist's impression of an ... [+] asteroid). There’s a 1.3% chance that asteroid 2024 YR4 could strike Earth, according to ...

telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between 40 and 100 meters in size—was spotted on December 27. The asteroid’s closest ...

A n asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...