Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
"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.
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
The UN has activated planetary defense protocols for the first time to better determine the orbit, size, and threat posed by 2024 YR4, a rock discovered on December 27 that has a 1.6% chance of ...
NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec ...