Look at it this way — there's around a 98 per cent chance an asteroid up to the size of a football field won't hit the Earth ...

What are the chances of an actual impact of the ‘city killer’ asteroid YR4 ? The likelihood of a collision between our planet ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between 130 and 300 feet long that has a very small chance of crashing into Earth in less than eight years. And as they learn more about ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

China has started assembling a planetary defence team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

A 2% chance of an asteroid strike is "uncommon," officials say. The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA astronomers.

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 per cent chance of hitting the Earth. An asteroid is a rocky object ...

(CNN) - Scientists are turning to some very powerful technology to track an asteroid that could crash into Earth. The James Webb telescope, famous for snapping some of the prettiest pictures ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists put the odds of a strike at slightly more than 1 ...