The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size could do.

A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of NASA’s risk list. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has about a 2.1 ...

In an update issued on February 7, NASA said the probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth had gone from around 1.2 percent (one-in-83) to 2.3 percent (one-in-43).

An asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles wide hit off the coast of ... if one appears on a collision course with Earth. "The likelihood that a Bennu-sized asteroid will strike Earth is quite small ...

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid ... often with cataclysmic results. An asteroid estimated at 6-9 miles (10-15 km) wide hit off the coast of Mexico's Yucatan ...

However, Bennu, a 500-metre wide lump of rock, has been located by the boffins and their telescopes and they’ve given it a 1 in 2,700 (or 0.04 percent) chance of hitting Earth. While that may seem ...

What would happen if a 500-meter asteroid hit Earth? Scientists at the IBS Center for Climate Physics modeled the aftermath, ...

NASA is using its most powerful space telescope to study the true size of the "city-killer" asteroid that has a one-in-43 ...