It measures 130 to 300 feet across, a pebble compared to the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, which is estimated to have been six to nine miles in length. On the other hand, on Feb. 15, 2013, an ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...

The space rock is heading in our direction at some 18,700 miles per hour, according to the space agency's data.

The asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, according to a NASA update on Feb.

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have gone up in the past few days, leading both NASA and the European ...

The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight ... this will also happen with asteroid 2024 YR4. “We expect the impact probability to go to zero rather than 100 percent ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Asteroid 2024 PT5 ... "unless you go and bring a sample back, you cannot tell for sure," said Vishnu Reddy, a professor of ...

“The odds are very good that not only will this not hit Earth, but at some point in the next months to few years, that probability will go to zero,” said Betts. A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 ...

2024 YR4 follows a highly elliptical, four-year orbit, swinging through the inner planets before shooting past ... go to zero," said Betts. A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an ...

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly as bright as the Sun. Shockwaves powerful enough to flatten everything ...