After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our ...

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

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

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

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

Despite previous research, Earth's long-gone mega-reptiles probably weren't dying off before an impact winter did them in for ...

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

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

An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...

The dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, a new study finds. Instead, poor fossilization conditions and ...

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