Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global winter that affects our planet for years.

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

Bennu, an asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, has a 1-in-2700 chance of hitting Earth in 2182. 'A core problem': Earth’s slowing, reshaping heart could change everything we know How ...

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

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 ...

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.

YR4: everything to know about the potential "city killer" space rock that has a 2.3% chance of striking Earth on Dec. 22, ...

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...

The asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 and 90 meters) wide. The space rock has a “size range comparable to that ...

While the odds of Bennu impacting Earth may sound ... an impact between a medium-sized asteroid and Earth could cause regional to large-scale devastation," wrote Timmermann and his colleague ...

Not much is known about 2024 YR4, but the asteroid is estimated to be 131 to 295 feet (40 to 90 meters) wide, a “size range comparable to that of a large building,” said Dr. Paul Chodas ...