"We are a bit surprised about its origin in the central main asteroid belt, which is a location in the asteroid belt that we did not think many Earth-crossing asteroids could originate from." ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

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

The asteroid 2024 YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies ...

The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

Once upon a starlit evening in December 2024, astronomers discovered something small, fast and potentially very rude hurtling ...

It has also drawn attention because of its size. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made this discovery. Known as 2024 YR4, scientists claim it is the size of a building. Experts have expressed that ...

However, one particular object has raised NASA’s eyebrows because it might pose a threat to the Moon. This object is an asteroid called Asteroid 2024 YR4. Asteroid 2024 YR4 has grabbed a lot of ...

At first, asteroid 2024 YR4 seemed like a potential threat to Earth ... It was recently revealed that it had more than doubled, from 1.7 to 3.8 per cent, according to NASA.

NASA scientists have revealed that the infamous "city-killer" asteroid that once posed a threat to Earth could now smash into the Moon. In February, astronomers revealed that asteroid 2024 YR4 had ...

The space agency said that "NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future" and "the range of possible locations ...