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

Explore the fascinating possibility of our moon giving birth to an asteroid! 🌙✨ Dive into the cosmic wonders and uncover the ...

NASA’s space-faring probe Lucy is set have a close encounter with an oddly shaped asteroid more than 100 million miles from ...

The first was a flyby of the asteroid Dinkinesh on Nov. 1, 2023. This coming Sunday, Lucy will zip past her second target, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is back in the spotlight. Brand new research has produced a better estimate of its size and orbit, which ...

THE odds of a “city killer” asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was ...

The first images of asteroid Donaldjohanson after Lucy spacecraft 's April 20 flyby have arrived. NASA shared the pictures on ...

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to ...

Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing ...

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 was spotted during Lucy’s latest close encounter. The spacecraft flew just 960 kilometres above its surface on ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...