"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.

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

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now ... a 2.7 percent chance of striking Earth in 2029. Further observations ruled out an impact.

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

A newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with ...

[9] Apophis is nowhere near the size of the asteroid that wiped ... The first visit of asteroid Apophis in 2029 on April 13, visible to the naked eye for much of the world to see, heralds the ...

The UN has activated planetary defense protocols for the first time to better determine the orbit, size, and threat posed by 2024 YR4, a rock discovered on December 27 that has a 1.6% chance of ...