"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...

A freshly spotted asteroid that is up to 300ft wide detected by an automated telescope in December has a small chance of ...

An asteroid the size of One World Trade Center has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in the year 2182. But what ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

also catalogs near-Earth objects that could crash into the planet. NASA is additionally working on an asteroid-hunting telescope known as the NEO Surveyor to find near-Earth objects capable ...

ESA said that it was not currently possible to determine where the asteroid would hit if it was to crash into Earth. The International Asteroid Warning Network and the Space Mission Planning ...

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 ...

Spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid - designated 2024 YR4 has a chance of smashing into Earth in 2032, said space agency officials in the US and Europe, who have ...

A freshly spotted asteroid that is up to 300ft wide detected by an automated telescope in December has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032, scientists have said. The asteroid has been ...