Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At one point earlier this year, NASA and the European Space Agency put the ...

Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At one point earlier this year, NASA and the European Space Agency put the ...

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 ...

That's not surprising, but its origins are: the asteroid appears to have been nudged our way by Jupiter out of the solar system's main asteroid belt, a ring of rocky objects surrounding the Sun that ...

Using the Gemini South Observatory in Chile, the astronomers imaged the roughly 200-foot asteroid, 2024 YR4, in multiple wavelengths, revealing that it was rapidly rotating once every 20 minutes ...

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to impact the Moon next decade. Using observations from the Gemini South Telescope ...

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 ...

The researchers found that 2024 YR4 likely came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has an unusually flat, disk-like shape, similar to a hockey puck, according to a statement ...

Using observations from one of the Gemini Observatories, a US research team has successfully created a three-dimensional model of 2024 YR4, revealing that it likely originates from the asteroid belt.

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 ...