A team of astronomers used the Gemini South Observatory in Chile to observe asteroid 2024 YR4 in multiple wavelengths as it ...

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YR4, once a potential Earth threat, likely originated from the main asteroid belt's central region, a surprising origin for ...

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

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The once-dubbed "city-killer" asteroid 2024 YR4 has surprised scientists with its 'unusual' shape as it rapidly rotates through space on a trajectory that could see it hit the moon.

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 ...

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After all the space drama, astronomers have figured out what that "city killer" asteroid actually looks like: a flat, ...

Future missions like the European Space Agency’s PLATO may also allow the research team to observe planets of smaller sizes, similar to that of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Expanding their ...