A hundred-metre-wide asteroid has been placed at the top of impact risk lists after being spotted in December last year ...

Asteroid estimated to have a one in 83 chance of colliding with Earth about 2032 after being spotted in December ...

YR4 was only just discovered on Christmas Day last year, flying uncomfortably close to our planet, just 500,000 miles away. That’s roughly twice the distance of the Earth to the Moon, but it might get ...

The 60-metre object has ‘one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever’, says astronomer ...

Rock wider than football pitch could have devastating impact if it hits our planet – which, according to Nasa scientists, is ...

Astronomers identified a potentially hazardous asteroid traveling 38,700 mph, measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, and a ...

Video Astronomers reckon a 220-million-kilogram asteroid is going to swing by Earth in 2032 with a 1-in-100 chance of hitting ...

An asteroid said to be the size of the Statue of Liberty could hit Earth in less than 10 years, with scientists forming a global defence plan. The 100-metre wide asteroid, referred to as 2024 YR4, was ...

Scientists from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission recently delivered remarkable findings about asteroid ...

Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock. It is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40 to 100 meters) across.

A 100 metre wide asteroid is heading towards Earth and has triggered a response from a global defence group after it was ...