"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we ...

Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid ...

After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, ...

Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn has been a part of The Weather Network's forecasting team for over two decades. She is also well ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates ...

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

The Southwest Research Institute-led Lucy mission is preparing to survey the next target in its epic 4-billion-mile, 12-year, 11-asteroid tour. On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft will fly past ...

The Kirkwood gaps are explained by asteroids similarly interacting with Jupiter to leave the asteroid belt, even while their average distance ... after the prototypical first discovery whose name ...

The researchers found that 2024 YR4 likely came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... hence the "2024" in its name. In February, the likelihood of 2024 YRY hitting Earth in 2032 ...

The Kirkwood gaps are explained by asteroids similarly interacting with Jupiter to leave the asteroid belt, even while their ... first discovery whose name origin is a bit obscure.