The dinosaurs, of course, could do nothing about the killer asteroid, other than presumably ... but big enough to destroy a city. Though over 18,000 NEOs have been identified, about 40 every ...

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 ...

A privately-built spacecraft has embarked on an unprecedented deep space mission to scout out an asteroid's potential for mining. The probe, called Odin, was launched on a SpaceX rocket alongside ...

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 has repeatedly changed estimates on whether a huge Big Ben-sized asteroid first spotted last year will crash into Earth - and now an expert has revealed the reason why. The world breathed a ...

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 ...

The asteroid, measuring between 130 to 300 feet wide, was discovered in December 2024. While the risk to Earth is negligible, 2024 YR4 has a slightly higher chance of impacting the moon.

PARIS, France — The chance that a football field-sized asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001%, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Tuesday.

It has now been downgraded to zero. The asteroid, discovered in December, measures between 40 and 90 metres across. A direct impact could devastate a city, but calculations now suggest it will ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! — 'That's impact probability zero folks!' Earth safe from 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 ...