A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

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

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

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

A “city killer” asteroid experts feared was on a crash course with Earth is now expected to miss the planet — but it still ...

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2025 BC10 will pass safely near our planet on Saturday (April 5). The Virtual Telescope Project will ...

YR4, which recently caused concern over the possibility of it impacting Earth, has been the subject of extensive tracking ...

Although the danger to Earth has been averted, research interest in the asteroid 2024 YR4 has not yet dried up. Its shape has ...

While asteroid mining is already being undertaken, the first mission didn't exactly go off without a hitch. Here's what ...