On the world's first Asteroid Day, Nina Burleigh discovers that Nasa has already commissioned a team of 'planetary defenders' ...

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space Agency.

Video shows what could happen if 'city-killer' asteroid hits Earth in 2032.

Characterized as a potential "city-killer," the asteroid was first detected in December and its odds of impacting our planet have increased slightly since then, according to the European Space Agency.

Bennu, a rocky object classified as a near-Earth asteroid, has a one-in-2,700 chance of colliding with the Earth in September 2182, new research has discovered. The IBS Center for Climate Physics ...

An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of hitting Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation ...

The asteroid, described as a potential "city-killer," was initially detected in December and its likelihood of impacting Earth has increased slightly, according to the European Space Agency.

An asteroid measuring as wide as 295 feet is possibly headed right toward Earth, but don’t run for cover just yet. A NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted the asteroid ...

The odds of an asteroid crashing into Earth in 2032 keep changing, and not in a good way. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 1-in-45 chance of impacting our planet in seven years. The odds are not a huge ...

A newly-discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, according to scientists. The space rock - named 2024 YR4 - has a 2.2% chance of crashing into ...