Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid ...

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five ...

This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained ...

Astronomers have traced the origin of asteroid 2024 YR4, which appears to have broken off from a larger space rock.

Of note, the asteroid, approximately 60 meters in diameter — roughly the ... surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

The researchers found that 2024 YR4 likely came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... and estimated its size to be 98 to 213 feet (30 to 65 meters) wide, according to the study.

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

Astronomers, utilizing the Gemini South telescope in Chile, have reconstructed a 3D model of the city-killer asteroid 2024 ...

Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing ...

YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...