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The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

The South Africa government is looking to invest millions into its science and astronomy tourism - dubbed Astro-Tourism.

We drove through the stunning Valle de la ... Osterman Meyer (ACEAP/NSF) This colorful panoramic view captures several of the telescopes and other buildings atop Cerro Tololo at the Cerro Tololo ...

NASA has upgraded the risk of the 2024 YR4 asteroid hitting the Earth in 2032, although it is still very unlikely to happen ...

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YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

There is an estimated 2.3% chance that the 2024 YR4 asteroid is heading our way. Here's everything you need to know about the ...

After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...

Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...