Most are found in the asteroid belt, a region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but some like "2023 KU," have orbits that bring them closer to the Earth. These space rocks vary in size and ...

A recent study suggests that 2024 YR4 likely comes from the central region of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. This area is not usually known for producing space rocks that cross paths with ...

In the field of space exploration and asteroid monitoring, some discoveries raise more eyebrows than others– and asteroid 2024 YR4 is one of them. When it was first detected, astronomers feared ...

The team also believes that it was probably pushed towards Earth from the inner asteroid belt by Jupiter's gravity. This is surprising because it was actually assumed that many near-Earth ...

The team determined that the unusually-shaped rock is one of the largest objects in recent history that could impact the Moon, and that it likely originated from the main asteroid belt.

Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At one point earlier this year, NASA and the European Space Agency put the odds ...

This showed that 2024 YR4 “most likely” originated in the solar system’s main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The building-sized rock was likely pushed into its current near-Earth ...

It also likely originated from an asteroid family in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter—an unlikely place for Earth-crossing asteroids to come from. “The shape of the asteroid ...

A “city-killer” space rock headed for a potential collision with the Moon likely originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter, a region not known to produce Earth-crossing asteroids ...

Scientists said it most likely originated in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, and is rich in silicates. At one point earlier this year, NASA and the European Space Agency put the ...

Now a different group has looked at its orbital past, suggesting a likely place of origin: the middle of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. You might be thinking that the asteroid ...

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope in Chile. Listen to Story The team acknowledged that the asteroid is an ...