Above: Artist depiction of an asteroid flying by Earth. Credit: UH News/Space.com Last year in December, a University of Hawaiʻi telescope spotted a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid. Described as “a city-killer,” 2024 YR4 was initially assessed by astronomers...
Artist rendering of an asteroid nearing Earth. Credit: Kevin M. Gill UH-operated telescopes on Maunakea and Haleakalā are actively tracking an asteroid that could potentially strike Earth in 2032. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was discovered by a UH telescope in...
This is an artist’s concept of the young Earth being bombarded by asteroids. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Watch this 6-minute animated movie about NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar...
