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 ...

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

An asteroid discovered in 2024 has been placed at level 3 on the Torino impact scale, with a small chance of impact with ...

In March 2021, the U.S. space agency announced that new telescope observations have ruled out any chance of the asteroid Apophis colliding with Earth in 2068. (NASA via AP) This May 18, 1969 photo ...

The agency said the spacecraft that completed the sample return is on its way to investigate asteroid Apophis. The asteroid, previously known as 99942, is estimated to be around 1,100 feet wide and ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.3% chance of impacting Earth in 2032, NASA reports. Astronomers all over the world are watching the asteroid, trying to narrow down its future path. The risk will likely ...

The last time this happened was with the discovery of asteroid Apophis in 2004. It briefly had a nearly 3% impact risk, but after further data narrowed down its future path, it proved to be no ...

This is a higher impact risk to our planet, however, than that of any asteroid since Apophis, which, for a brief while in December 2004, was estimated to have a 2.7 percent chance of hitting our ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4’s rating of 3 may be the second-highest an asteroid has ever reached after the notorious Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4 many years ago, but future data is expected to drop ...