"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past ... So, where did this asteroid come from ...

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 ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

Much of what scientists know about the early solar system comes from meteorites—ancient rocks that travel through space and survive a fiery plunge through Earth's atmosphere. Among meteorites, one ...

The space agency now believe there's virtually zero chance of an Earth collision occurring and says in the slim chance the asteroid did hit the moon it would not impact its orbit. Asteroids are ...

THE football-sized asteroid that scientists initially feared could strike Earth is now on course to potentially crash into the Moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once dubbed a “city killer”, has an ...

it did not qualify as a “potentially hazardous asteroid,” a classification used for objects that are over 460 feet in diameter and come within 7.5 million kilometers of Earth. What are the ...

At first, scientists estimated the asteroid’s size based on visible light measurements from Earth-based telescopes. But thanks to new infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope, ...

THE enormous asteroid ... to hit the Earth, the collision would be powerful enough to destroy an entire city. If YR4 - then estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet wide - did strike Earth ...

This artistic animation shows asteroid 2024 YR4 passing by Earth. Astronomers created a 3D image of the newly discovered asteroid after observing it with a telescope in Chile. (9NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R.