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

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 dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...

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

If the asteroid were to hit the planet, the resulting destruction would be equivalent to that of nuclear bombs, wiping out entire regions and cities. In 2013, the Chelyabinsk meteor was only about ...

Exploring comets, asteroids, and meteors “We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth ...

The Murchison meteorite fell only two months after the first manned landing on the moon in 1969, when researchers were ready ...

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still has a chance of smashing into the moon. Asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

let's get asteroid 2023 KU into perspective using a smaller body than the one which actually impacted the planet. An 18-meter-diameter Chelyabinsk meteor exploded over Russia in 2013, injuring ...

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.

One of the most studied space rocks of all time has given scientists another big surprise, with the "mudball meteorite" Aguas Zarcas found to have been in orbit for two million years without ...