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

YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

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 ...

Since Jupiter's orbit takes 12 years ... If the bad news is that Kirkwood gaps are due to asteroids hitting inner planets, including Earth, can it get much worse? For Alinda-class asteroids ...

Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At ...

YR4 raised Earth impact concerns for 2032, but later calculations, especially from the Webb Telescope, lowered the risk.

On February 20, NASA removed 2024 YR4 from its naughty list after calculations showed that the asteroid had a near-zero chance of hitting Earth. Phew. The news gets even better—new observations ...

Initially predicted with a small but unsettling chance of hitting our planet seven ... its 3:1 resonance with Jupiter and 1:4 resonance with Earth — by passing too closely.

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

The atmosphere on Jupiter is radically different from that on Earth. It's primarily made of hydrogen and helium gas with trace amounts of gaseous molecules, like ammonia and water, which are ...

YR4, previously dreaded to crash into Earth, is no longer a risk after fresh information altered its path, but it has a 2% possibility of hitting the Moon.

Jupiter has an atmosphere that is radically different to what we are used to here on Earth. While we have air that is mainly nitrogen and oxygen, Jupiter's is primarily composed of hydrogen and ...