The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more ...

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

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

An astronomer there verified the finding. And thus, the Minor Planet Center logged a new object, asteroid “2018 CN41.” Within 24 hours, however, the center retracted the designation.

Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the discovery of a new asteroid – 2018 CN41. Its orbit was closer than that of the Moon making it a near-Earth object and subject to the ...

Astronomers are continuously tracking thousands of asteroids as they move through our solar system. This information is then collated at the Minor Planet Center,… ...

ATLAS promptly reported the asteroid to the Minor Planet Center, a clearing house for the positional measurements of small bodies like asteroids and comets. The asteroid measures between 130 and ...

On Jan. 2, the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center (MPC) added a new object, dubbed 2018 CN41, to its list of near-Earth asteroids. The supposed space rock was identified by an ...

A photo of “Starman” and Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster shared by SpaceX in 2018. SpaceX via Getty Images On this day seven years ago, SpaceX launched the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, a rocket ...

Once an observatory first spots a previously undiscovered asteroid, astronomers report the find to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a sort of public notice board for ...

Well, the odds have essentially doubled since the asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27, 2024. Then, the asteroid had a 1.2% chance of ...