Despite uncertainties, vigilance remains crucial to mitigate risks. Nasa is keeping a close watch on an asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032, sparking global talks on how to stop such a ...

The threat posed by the space rock, estimated to be between 40 and 90 metres in diameter, is the highest ever recorded for an ...

An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.28% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1%.

the impact probability will become better known," according to NASA's Asteroid Watch X platform. While still an extremely low possibility, asteroid 2024 YR4's impact probability with Earth has ...

The chances of a giant space rock striking the Earth have decreased, but NASA and other space agencies are still devising a plan to obliterate it. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a recently discovered ...

NASA has alerted the public about asteroid 2025 CA2, measuring 67 feet and traveling at 16,490 mph, expected to pass Earth on February 18, 2025. Although it will fly by without the risk of ...

An asteroid has a small chance of hitting Earth less than eight years from now, and astronomers are enlisting the help of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to study it. Characterized as a ...

Scientists have spotted an asteroid which they estimate has a more than 2 per cent risk of hitting Earth in eight years time Scientists have upgraded the risk of an asteroid crashing into Earth.

Discovered in December 2024 by NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, 2024 YR4 is currently at the top of the agency's asteroid watch list. The space rock, roughly 180 feet (55 ...

A render of an asteroid approaching Earth. Credits: Credit: Kevin Gill / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 NASA says an asteroid measuring up to 300 feet across could crash into Earth in 2032. While the agency says ...

A large asteroid could be heading toward Earth within the next decade, and there's a small chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA.