Simulations of a massive asteroid, as wide as the Eiffel Tower is tall, suggest Earth could face catastrophic consequences ... across. While far smaller than the six-mile-wide asteroid that wiped out ...

Simulations of a massive asteroid, as wide as the Eiffel Tower is tall, suggest Earth could face catastrophic ... While far smaller than the six-mile-wide asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs ...

To illustrate, the height of the Empire State Building in New York is about 1,250 feet, whereas the Eiffel Tower is about 1,060 ... warrants attention (just like this asteroid which hit Earth and was ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis, discovered in 2004 and larger than the Eiffel Tower, was once rated a 4 on the Turin Scale. However, researchers later determined it posed no threat to Earth for at least ...

The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth have gone up in the past few days ... Back in 2004, astronomers discovered asteroid 99942 Apophis, a space rock bigger than the Eiffel Tower. At one ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger ...

YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near ...

A gigantic asteroid, said to be bigger than a football field, is rapidly hurtling towards the Earth and has a higher than average possibility of colliding with our planet in the year 2032.

A recently discovered asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has on average a 2% chance of hitting Earth ... more than 7,000 buildings and injuring more than 1,000 people. But if 2024 YR4 is on the larger ...

the Torino Scale is a tool for categorizing potential Earth impact events. "It is uncommon for an asteroid to be rated at Torino Scale 3, because that can only happen for an asteroid larger than ...