The idea of an asteroid hitting Earth can be a scary one, but it can be pretty hard to comprehend just how scary such an impact might potentially be. To put things in context, many people who have ...

Space agencies maintain that global cooperation and sustained investment are vital to planetary defence. While the DART ...

EARTH cannot defend itself against the thousands of “city killer” asteroids that are zooming around space near our planet, Nasa chiefs warn. They reckon there are about 15,000 undetected ...

A NASA planetary defense officer warns thousands of near-Earth asteroids capable of destroying a city remain undetected.

Early last year, asteroid 2024 YR4 caught the public’s attention as its chances of hitting Earth in the near future climbed ...

An asteroid hit Earth's atmosphere last Friday. Astronomers were able to precisely determine where it was going to strike. And despite seeing it just two hours before impact, its small size meant it ...

This time last year, the world was gripped by reports that an incoming, nearly 200-feet-wide asteroid had a tiny, tiny chance of hitting the Earth in 2032. The sigh of relief that we weren’t on course ...

Late in 2024, astronomers spotted a new near-Earth asteroid named 2024 YR4. By mid-2025, its improved orbit tracking raised an unusual possibility: the space rock could hit the Moon on Dec.

NEW ORLEANS — There’s about a 4 percent chance that a building-sized asteroid will hit the moon in 2032. Moreover, there’s about a 1 percent chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will not only ...

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: You've probably heard that an asteroid hit the Earth 65 million years ago. I think ...