New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

The asteroid Bennu is puzzling scientists, with samples from the space rock showing weirder properties than they expected. These include extremely high nitrogen levels and improbably magnetic ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused ... the researchers estimated that an impact by a Bennu-sized asteroid would inject 100-400 million tons of dust into the ...

Such an impact, if it occurred ... 130 and 300 feet wide. "An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European ...

The narrow difference is due to the two agencies’ use of different tools for determining the asteroid’s orbit and modeling its potential impact ... of regional damage, while 2024 YR4 is ...

An airburst of a 300-foot asteroid could cause more significant damage, potentially collapsing buildings and shattering windows across a larger region. The areas where a potential impact could ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983 ... as infrequent meteorite falls that rarely cause damage.” Asteroid 2024 YR4, detected by telescopes on December 27 ...

This image made available by University of Hawaii's asteroid impact alert system shows the ... at locations that cause minimal or no immediate damage, according to the United States Geological ...

Another study estimated the potential damage that would be caused if an asteroid ... Aside from the immediate devastation, researchers estimated an impact by a Bennu-sized asteroid would inject 100 ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ... an asteroid of this size could cause regional damage. The space agency said if a small 130 ...