The head of planetary defense at the European Space Agency discusses 2024 YR4, an asteroid with a small chance of striking ...

Planetary Society Chief Scientist Bruce Betts notes while counterintuitive, the odds of impact go up before they drop to zero.

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Asteroid samples fetched by NASA hold not only the pristine building blocks for life but also the salty remains of an ancient water world, scientists reported Wednesday.

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Space agency officials have announced a newly-discovered asteroid has a slight chance of colliding with Earth in 2032. Experts say the massive rock - which is the size of London Eye - "deserves ...

An asteroid roughly similar in size impacted a remote region of Siberia in 1908, obliterating 800 square miles of forest. 2024 YT4 comes in at a three on the Torino Impact Hazard scale, which measures ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — NASA scientists released their findings on Wednesday after the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Bennu and brought samples back to Earth. Scientists said ...