A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant chance of impacting ...

Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...

Space agencies have systems in place to spot, track, and forecast the future orbits of potentially hazardous asteroids.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists ...

Bennu has a diameter of roughly 500 meters (1,640 feet) and has a 1 in 2,700 chance of hitting our planet in September 2182.

The asteroid was first spotted on 27 December 2024 and based on its brightness, astronomers estimate it is between 40–90 meters wide.

YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale, giving it a 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.

The Earth is on alert. Both the European Space Agency (ESA) and the US agency (NASA) have mobilized their observation and tracking systems to be on alert for what asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

NASA has released new images of a 'city-destroying' asteroid hurtling through space. This asteroid has a ...

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

The hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...