A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter ...

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

After taking another peek at the "city-killer" asteroid that once had a small but uncomfortable chance of smashing into our planet ... have been nudged our way by Jupiter out of the solar ...

Then in January of this year, the near approach of an asteroid perhaps a million times more massive went almost unnoticed.

YR4, previously dreaded to crash into Earth, is no longer a risk after fresh information altered its path, but it has a 2% ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

THE odds of a "city killer" asteroid that once threatened Earth instead smashing into the moon have just doubled. YR4 was feared to be on a deadly collision course with our planet, with the chance ...