That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an impact terribly likely. According to NASA, the odds of a collision are just 2.3%. But that nearly ...

Earth could face catastrophic consequences if hit by an asteroid similar to Bennu, according to new computer simulations.

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of NASA’s risk list. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has about a 2.1 ...

YR4, a near-Earth asteroid has a one-in-45 chance of hitting Planet Earth in December 2032, NASA and the European Space ...

NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

However, Bennu, a 500-metre wide lump of rock, has been located by the boffins and their telescopes and they’ve given it a 1 ...

James Dorland, a second-generation land surveyor from Greater Sudbury, is reflecting on his involvement in a project to help map out asteroid Bennu.

A terrifying interactive map reveals just how much of major UK cities would be flattened by the impact of the 'city killer' ...

YR4 has just above a 1% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032, which is why astronomers and space agencies are paying attention to it.

Imagine that the Earth was hit by an asteroid the size of the World Trade Center. What would happen? Scientists have modeled ...