According to the BBC, the asteroid's size means it would have the same power as a nuclear bomb if it were to hit the Earth.
But scientists now say that there is a very real chance Earth will be hit by a 'city killer' asteroid on December ... would be all but wiped off the map by the size of the shockwave.
Scientists warn that an asteroid named 2024 YR4 might hit Earth on December 2, 2032. The chances are now 2.3%. The impact ...
NASA and European scientists explain how they calculate the probability of the space rock 2024 YR4 impacting our planet, and why it’s not yet time to worry.
The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...
An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly ... burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites. Slightly larger asteroids may make it through ...
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
Samples from the asteroid Bennu, which landed in Utah's west desert in September 2023, could suggest rocks carrying an ...