"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 hunk of space rock measures somewhere between 130 and 300 feet long, but its speed is unknown. “It’s a matter of ‘does it ...

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

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

Further research might bring those odds down to zero, but we will likely have to wait a couple of years to know for sure ...

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

The asteroid has been designated 2024 YR4 and is believed to ... NASA says, 'These deaths could result from a direct hit or by tsunami (tidal wave) in the event of an ocean strike.' It is thought to ...

Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December ... unless it happens near a coastline triggering a tsunami.

Triggered by a massive rockslide in September 2023, the tsunami lasted for nine days ... the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust.