A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale, giving it a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Judge issues nationwide ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
The hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
NASA has issued a message message after reports of the discovery of a ‘city-destroying’ asteroid, 2024 YR4, that could hit ...
The UN has activated planetary defense protocols for the first time to better determine the orbit, size, and threat posed by 2024 YR4, a rock discovered on December 27 that has a 1.6% chance of ...
It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...