"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.

The odds of a newly discovered asteroid '2024 YR4' crashing into Earth are rising according to scientists. Here's what to know and where it can hit.

A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause ...

Update: Odds have slightly increased to 1 in 83. This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly ...

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

Izvestia detailed that the potential collision path of asteroid 2024 YR4 extends from western Central America, passing through northern South America, the central Atlantic Ocean, parts of Africa ...

Astronomers say there is a 2.3% chance an asteroid nearly as big as the Statue of Liberty will smash into the Earth in 2032.

A colossal explosion in the sky, unleashing energy hundreds of times greater than the Hiroshima bomb. A blinding flash nearly ...

The odds are about 1% that the football field-sized object could hit the Earth, but that makes it the closest call in more ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size ... the eastern Pacific Ocean, northern South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Arabian Sea, and South Asia, the ...