Astronomers using the Gemini South telescope discovered the asteroid has an unusual, flat, hockey puck-like shape. An asteroid, which was earlier dubbed as a city killer, may smash our moon in 2032.

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Astronomers have also deduced the asteroid's origin, which was first detected in December. Initially, it was believed the 'city-killer' asteroid had a chance of crashing into Earth on December 22 ...

Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid with the potential to ... it was dubbed a potential "city killer" because it was large enough to wipe out a major city.

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 ...

When asteroid 2024 YR4 first revealed itself to humans on 27 December 2024, it seemed to have just shown up out of nowhere. An entire asteroid doesn't just materialize out of nothing, though, and now ...

Listen to Story The team acknowledged that the asteroid is an unusually-shaped rock It is one of the largest objects in recent history that could impact the Moon 2024 YR4 was first detected on ...

Astronomers only just discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 late last year ... probability of colliding with our planet and was nicknamed “City Killer” and they have now traced its origins to an ...

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The nearly 200 foot (60-meter) asteroid looks more like a flat disk — or not-quite-round hockey puck — than a potato. It also has a rapid rotation rate of about once every 20 minutes.