An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

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

A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

UN planetary defence organisations are closely monitoring an asteroid that has a tiny risk of hitting the Earth. The European ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

"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.

YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale, giving it a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission is scheduled to return samples of Asteroid Bennu to Earth. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ...

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists ...

Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.

Experts are tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.2% chance of impacting Earth in 2032. Observations continue to refine ...