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

The space rock, which is roughly the size of a 10-story building, was previously predicted to be heading for Earth ...

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

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...

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

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

A recently discovered asteroid, 2024 YR4, sparked the first-ever global alert from the International Asteroid Warning Network ...

YR4 won't hit Earth, but scientists now estimate a 4% chance it could strike the Moon, possibly affecting space missions.

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 ...

The changes of an asteroid hitting the moon on Dec. 22, 2023 have increased. Learn what the experts say will happen if the ...

The city-killer asteroid's Moon impact risk has almost more than doubled, according to new NASA reports. Here's what we know.

NASA and international scientists closely tracked asteroid 2024 YR4, which initially showed a rare 3 percent collision probability with Earth. Although the threat has now diminished, the incident ...