On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7% chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further ... a possibility it could hit over the eastern Pacific ...

The chance that a huge asteroid capable of destroying a city will strike Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001%, the European ...

If you've been losing sleep at night over a certain threatening asteroid dominating the news cycle ... initially found that ...

it initially carried a 2.7% chance of impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby – then a record. While YR4's impact odds have unseated Apophis, the larger asteroid still briefly hit a higher rating ...

A newly discovered asteroid being tracked by the global science community has a nearly 98% chance of zooming by Earth without ...

Astronomers have been keeping a close eye on an asteroid between ... after the Apophis briefly hit a rating of 4. The risk of Apophis impacting Earth during its 2029 flyby even rose as high ...

Here are today's general risks from asteroids or comets both tiny and very large. Importantly, even relatively small rocks can still be threatening, as the surprise 56-foot (17-meter) rock that ...

The chance that an asteroid capable of wiping out a city will hit Earth in eight years has been ... had a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029 -- a possibility later ruled out by ...

However, if Asteroid 2024 YR4 does hit Earth, most people won’t even know ... which will now safely pass Earth in 2029. Asteroid 2024 YR4. (NASA) YR4 is estimated to be between 150 and 300 ...

A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7% chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further ... a possibility it could hit over the eastern Pacific ...