Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.
Look at it this way — there's almost a 99 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth ...
An asteroid spotted in late December 2024 caught astronomers’ eyes and simulations to determine possible orbits indicate the object could strike Earth in 2032, but West Virginia University researchers ...
It is as wide as the wing span of a 747 and has a 1 in 83 chance of hitting the Earth when it arrives in 2032. David Moore of Astronomy Ireland told DublinLive that 2024 YR4 would be a “country killer ...
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
NASA's estimated chance that an asteroid could collide with Earth in 2032 was raised from 1.6% to 1.9%, with the news pulling some dark humor into its orbit.
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...
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 newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists ...
Pop culture is rife with depictions of asteroids on a collision course with Earth. The idea of a celestial body heading right ...