Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...

NASA has a network of telescopes used to track near-Earth asteroids ... This asteroid is certainly worth watching because it could devastate a city with a direct hit—even on the small side ...

As best as anyone can tell, if any hazardously sized asteroid were to hit Earth in the relatively near ... mirrors floating about in space—very easy to spot. As they get smaller and smaller ...

Measuring 1,148 feet (350 meters) in diameter, Apophis was previously considered one of the most hazardous asteroids, with a chance of hitting ... with Earth. The rating meant that the asteroid ...

The asteroid, called 2024 YR4, now has a 1.5% probability of hitting earth in 2032 ... “Destroying it would be easy,” says the NASA project manager. “It wouldn’t even take that much ...

New observations of a small asteroid discovered in December have led astronomers to conclude that the chances of it striking ...

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, while the ...

(CNN) — A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, is now the riskiest asteroid ever detected. On Tuesday, NASA calculated that the space rock had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032 ...