A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than 1% chance of colliding with Earth in ...
Bennu’s highly unlikely impact with Earth—which could happen in 157 years—could cause a global winter and drought, modeling ...
The other is asteroid 99942, better known as “Apophis” — named after the Egyptian god of chaos — which may potentially threaten Earth in 2029, 2036 or 2068. 2024 YR4, which is reckoned to ...
On Wednesday, an unprecedented memo from the International Asteroid Warning Network reached ... the second-highest ever recorded, behind only Apophis, which in 2004 briefly rated a 4.
A colossal impact billions of years ago carved out the canyons that rival the most breathtaking features here on Earth in a matter of minutes, ...
On April 13, 2029—a Friday, by the way—the asteroid 99942 Apophis will swing by our planet at an uncomfortably close 20,000 miles (32,000 km). Apophis was discovered in 2004 and, at 1,100 feet ...
A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7pc chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further observations ruled out an impact. The most infamous ...
A similar scenario unfolded in 2004 with Apophis, an asteroid initially projected to have a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further observations ruled out an impact. The most infamous ...
CNEOS currently ranks the asteroid a 3 on a scale from 0 to 10. “That does not happen very often,” Chodas says. In fact, nothing compares to it since Apophis, a cruise-ship sized asteroid ...