A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth. Here's what to know.
"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.
This asteroid may hit Earth in 2032. Don't panic—scientists have a plan.
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
The Washington Post3d
Newly detected near-Earth asteroid has astronomers’ full attention
The memo said “Asteroid 2024 YR4,” first detected in late December after it came out of the sun’s glare and passed by the Earth, might hit our planet on Dec. 22, 2032. The likelihood of ...
The Independent6d
An asteroid is heading for Earth - but you'll have to wait a while to find out if we're gonna get hit
Discovered last Christmas by Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey, the asteroid is currently the only Near-Earth Object that has been placed at a level three on Torino impact hazard scale, giving it ...
Discover Magazine5d
Asteroid Has a 1% Chance to Impact Earth in 2032 — Should We Be Worried?
About seven years from now, in 2032, an asteroid orbiting the Sun will fly so close to Earth that it has a little over 1 percent chance of impact. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, stands out as the only ...
Forbes3d
A Deadly Asteroid May Strike Earth In 2032 — What To Know
A near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall has been discovered that could strike Earth in 2032. It’s triggered a rare warning by the International Asteroid Warning Network ...
USA Today5d
Astronomers find asteroid with 1% chance of hitting Earth: Should we be worried?
An asteroid recently spotted in the cosmos with a non-zero chance of hitting Earth in the coming years may have caused some alarm. Don't freak out – yet. Yes, the asteroid has little more than a ...
The Conversation5d
Astronomers have spied an asteroid that may be heading for Earth. Here’s what we know so far
On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from Earth. Follow up observations have revealed that the asteroid ...
PBS4d
The Bennu asteroid reveals clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded
WATCH: NASA scientists unveil first near-Earth asteroid sample returned to U.S. Born in the years bracketing the Revelstoke meteorite’s fall, the two of us have spent our careers in the ...
ESA monitoring asteroid that could strike Earth
Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid ...
USA Today7d
Scientists find a 'next step on a pathway to life' in space
Samples of matter returned from the asteroid Bennu support the theory that asteroids could have brought the building blocks of life to Earth, scientists report in a pair of new studies published ...