AN asteroid the size of a football pitch cannot be ignored, an expert has warned after its chances of hitting Earth increased ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

Researchers discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 last Christmas — and the odds on it hitting Earth have increased since ...

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

If the asteroid makes an impact with Earth it could create a huge crater ... But astronomers have also warned that the asteroid could stay intact after hitting the atmosphere and could crash ...

Nasa says explosion would be 150 times greater than A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima with chances of it smashing into the planet ...

THE long-lost forefather of the beloved duck and goose has been discovered, after outliving the hardy dinosaurs. The ...

If the near-Earth asteroid Bennu were to collide with Earth ... could contribute to a multi-year cooling after the impact,” Dai said in an email. “In contrast to aerosol-driven cooling ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand years ... Automated asteroid warning systems sent out an alarm after determining the asteroid had a slim chance of impacting Earth in ...