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 ...

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

The solar system was literally turning itself ... and Jupiter the asteroid belt. According to the Nice model (named for the French town where it was conceived), Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and ...

2024 YR4 hails from the middle of the main asteroid belt that hangs out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter – and it was ...

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

New Southwest Research Institute-led modeling indicates the main belt asteroid ... of our solar system." More information: Simone Marchi et al, A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of Asteroid ...

Most meteorites, however, originate from the solar system's main asteroid belt—a vast region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where more than a million asteroids circle the sun.

which inhabits the Solar System's main asteroid belt. It's thought this asteroid could be up to 95% nickel and iron, which is similar to the Earth's core. Studying it will therefore increase our ...