NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...

"While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has increased from about 1% to a ...

The threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks, as the world’s telescopes rush to track<a ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

NASA's James Webb Telescope is set to take a look at the 'city-destroying' asteroid which could hit Earth in 2032. The ...

YR4, a potential “city-killer,” has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032—but scientists say it might strike the Moon ...

If a space rock of this size were to strike Earth, it could cause significant regional damage — similar to the 2013 ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

However, this risk has now been raised to 2.3 percent. The ongoing increase in the probability of danger is also continuously ...

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