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

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space rocks passing by our planet over the next two days. The asteroid ...

YR4, a rocky and solid object, likely hails from an asteroid family in the central Main Belt. It’s a region traditionally not known for producing Earth-crossing asteroids. “This asteroid is a ...

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The study reveals YR4 is a solid, stony type that likely originated from an asteroid family in the central Main Belt between Mars and Jupiter, a region not previously known to produce Earth ...

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On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

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