The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

Asteroid Bennu, the size of the Empire State Building, has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2182, potentially triggering ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

There is a chance, albeit slim, that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit the Moon, creating a new crater and an explosion that might ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is to be pointed at asteroid 2024 YR4 to reduce uncertainty regarding the chances of ...

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

While some are left to worry about Bennu's low probability of impact, the IBS researchers used advanced climate models and ...

The space rock now has a one-in-360 chance of hitting Earth on December 22, 2032, down from its peak of a one-in-32 chance. While it's looking likely that asteroid 2024 YR4 will safely fly by Earth, ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

The latest Nasa study revealed that the city killer asteroid, 2024 YR4, has 1.5 per cent chance of hitting the earth. Space ...