Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world's telescopes ...
The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...
The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Even the smallest odds of an impact sound alarming, but scientists’ ability to calculate them is actually good news.
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a ...
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).