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Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...

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

"But large amounts of ejecta from the impact would have more ... Chixulub crater and wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million ...

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would ...

Yes, the asteroid has little more than a 1% probability of slamming into Earth in 2032. And yes, that makes it the only one ...