A huge asteroid is likely to just miss Earth, but scientists are still worried—here's why.

A giant asteroid is heading towards Earth, and although this one is not expected to hit us, a NASA-linked asteroid expert says humanity must be prepared for the day a space rock really does come ...

NASA says 55-meter asteroid 2026 OE1 will pass Earth tomorrow at 1.82 million miles.

Don't call Bruce Willis just yet. The rumors flying around Twitter, YouTube and other corners of the Internet about a giant asteroid striking Earth? Total nonsense, according to NASA. The erroneous ...

Asteroid Apophis will fly past Earth on 13 April 2029. (ESA-Science Office CC BY 4.0 INT) In April 2029, a rare visitor is ...

Earth has experienced five mass extinctions throughout its history, with the most famous being the Chicxulub asteroid that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Odds of asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 fall. What scientists now say about 2024 YR4 Don't worry, astronomers now say a recently ...

A few months ago, an asteroid created quite a buzz. At one point, asteroid 2024 YR4 had a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth, creating plenty of headlines about its potential impact. The threat is all but ...

In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation triggered a fervid series of observations of the object—possibly as big as a ...

Approximately 66 million years ago, a colossal asteroid struck Earth, generating catastrophic global temperatures. As ...

A Fredericktown geologist’s gravity-map analysis suggests a 124-mile ancient asteroid impact structure may lie beneath ...