A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday. Scientists ...

"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.

A newly discovered asteroid has a tiny chance of smacking Earth in 2032, space agency officials said Wednesday.

According to Science Magazine, scientists have explained that even if the asteroid were to hit, the affected area would span about 800 square miles, meaning it’s more likely to hit a remote area.

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

The risk of impact is likely to drop to zero as observations of Asteroid 2024 YR4 continue.

NASA and the European Space Agency said Wednesday that the chance of the asteroid impacting Earth is slightly more than 1%.

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

Scientists are monitoring asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032, though further observations are expected to eliminate the risk.

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