Astronomers at W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea have uncovered new insights about 2024 YR4. This is an Earth-crossing ...

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

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, ...

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 ...

YR4 asteroid is thought to be hockey puck shaped and house-sized, with the asteroid, detected in December, initially thought ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured asteroid 10199 Chariklo occult the star Gaia DR3 6873519665992128512. It was the "first asteroid found to have a ring system," according to NASA. Credit: Space.

This method revealed key properties of the asteroid that would have been invisible to other telescopes. “We were able to observe YR4 in the infrared, seeing properties of the asteroid that would ...

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.

Astronomers have now constructed a 3D model of asteroid 2024 YR4 using observations conducted by the Gemini South telescope ...

Recent research using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared capabilities ... Digging deeper, the astronomers studied the asteroid's lightcurves, finding that 2024 YR4 is what's known as an S-type ...

Recent research using the James Webb Space Telescope's infrared capabilities ... Digging deeper, the astronomers studied the asteroid's lightcurves, finding that 2024 YR4 is what's known as ...