UH Telescopes Tracking Asteroid That Could Strike Earth in 2032

UH Telescopes Tracking Asteroid That Could Strike Earth in 2032

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...
UH Asteroid Tracking System Upgraded to Survey Entire Sky

UH Asteroid Tracking System Upgraded to Survey Entire Sky

Earthlings are better-equipped to detect asteroid threats thanks to the expansion of a NASA-funded program run by the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA). ATLAS, or Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System, has...