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

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

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

"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.

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

The asteroid is shaped like a hockey puck and is about the size of a football field in diameter which is about 60m.

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 researchers found that 2024 YR4 likely came from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... However, there remains a risk for the moon — not that the asteroid would significantly damage ...

The space rock was first detected in December and was initially considered to have a chance of striking Earth in 2032.

The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, flew into view of the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in ...