A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
NASA has released new images of a 'city-destroying' asteroid hurtling through space. This asteroid has a ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Researchers discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas — and the odds on it hitting Earth have increased since ...
New NASA observations show a near-Earth asteroid with more than a 1% chance of impacting Earth in seven years.
It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of ...
The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, wiping out the dinosaurs and 75 per cent of all species. By contrast, 2024 ...
"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.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
The Earth is on alert. Both the European Space Agency (ESA) and the US agency (NASA) have mobilized their observation and tracking systems to be on alert for what asteroid 2024 YR4 ...
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 ...