The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

Even more recently, on June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth's atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia, and on Feb. 15, 2013, residents of the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia ...

NEWS SOUNDBITE: An asteroid is right now hurtling toward Earth. NEWS SOUNDBITE: A record high chance of impact. NEWS SOUNDBITE: A city killer. NEWS SOUNDBITE: It's a beautiful rock. And its gonna ...

NASA officials this week said recent calculations show a significantly smaller risk than previously believed that Earth could be annihilated in 2032 as a result of being hit by Asteroid 2024 YR4.

The crater formed by this 90 m asteroid would be approximately 2.7 km in diameter. This is just over twice the diameter of the Meteor Crater. Would this be a city killer as some reports suggested?

NASA has said Earth will likely be spared by a deadly Big Ben-sized asteroid and predicts it could smash into the Moon instead in a dramatic collision. The space agency feared the chance of a ...

It was projected to potentially impact the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, and was found to be big enough to destroy a city. As the asteroid was observed further, its odds had briefly risen to a record ...

NASA issues a "worst case scenario" warning that the probability of a "city killing" asteroid hitting Earth might surpass the 20 per cent threshold, according to reports. This scenario concerns ...

After two months of observations, NASA scientists have officially declared Earth safe from “city-killer” asteroid 2024 YR4. On Tuesday, the space agency recently placed space rock’s impact ...