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

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...

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

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

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought to have a chance of smashing into Earth ...

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

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...

However, recent observations made by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope found that the asteroid could still smash into the Moon. It now has a 3.8 per cent chance of a lunar strike, up from a 1.8 per ...

There were fears a giant asteroid the size of 59 Bonos was hurtling towards Earth and could wipe Ireland out with a series of ...

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

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

THE odds of a “city killer” asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was feared to be on a deadly collision course with our planet, ...