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

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

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

Despite a few months topping the hit list of the most dangerous asteroids, it is now certain that 2024 YR4 won’t hit our ...

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 ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon ... came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has an unusually flat, disk-like ...

Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which give it a 3.8 percent chance of hitting ... middle of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At one point earlier this year, NASA and the European Space Agency put the ...

Despite being a scenario widely pondered by astronomers and Hollywood writers for decades, further observations have since determined YR4 will not impact the Earth in 2032 as originally predicted.