"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 near-Earth asteroid as wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall could strike Earth on Dec.22, 2032, alerting planetary defense ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one ...

The asteroid is expected to zoom by Earth at a distance of around astronomical units, or about 1.77 million miles. In comparison ... Earth will be on April 14, 2029. "We don't need to worry ...