Imagine the unique orbital dynamics and potential hazards if Earth were located between two asteroid belts. Despite a court order, White House bars AP from Oval Office event Ranking All-You-Can ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of them. When it was first detected, astronomers feared ...

The team also believes that it was probably pushed towards Earth from the inner asteroid belt by Jupiter's gravity. This is surprising because it was actually assumed that many near-Earth ...

It likely originates from the main asteroid belt, with its reflective pattern suggesting a diameter of around 30-65 metres. Analysis also revealed the asteroid has a rapid rotation period of ...

Last week, NASA scientists revealed that the infamous "city-killer" asteroid that once posed a threat to Earth could now smash into the Moon. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the ...

The team determined that the unusually-shaped rock is one of the largest objects in recent history that could impact the Moon, and that it likely originated from the main asteroid belt.

Considering these orbital characteristics, the team determined that 2024 YR4 probably originated in the main asteroid belt, with a high probability of being perturbed into its current near-Earth ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck, scientists said Tuesday. A team of astronomers used the Gemini South ...

This showed that 2024 YR4 “most likely” originated in the solar system’s main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The building-sized rock was likely pushed into its current near-Earth ...

It also likely originated from an asteroid family in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter—an unlikely place for Earth-crossing asteroids to come from. “The shape of the asteroid ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids ...