In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

While YR4 still has a nearly 97% chance to completely miss Earth in 2032 ... one that merits close attention from astronomers in the years ahead as they track the asteroid hurtling through ...

Astronomers believe thousands of large undiscovered asteroids, that could cause regional damage, may be in space.