Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

The rate places its risk of collision above Asteroid 99942 Apophis, the "God of Chaos", discovered in 2004 that was given a 2.7 percent chance of hitting Earth by 2029. NASA’s Center for Near ...

A team of astronomers has determined the shape of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit the moon. | Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Scientists have revealed the unusual shape of a large asteroid ...

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the ... on its way there and is due to arrive in August 2029. In terms of metal content, asteroids like Psyche ...

For a few weeks in January and February this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 had us all worried. This asteroid, however, is still worth analysis in its own right. As such, scientists recently turned the ...

An huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4 per cent chance of smashing into the moon, according to new data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The asteroid ...

The asteroid ... then fall. For example, the asteroid Apophis was considered one of the most hazardous asteroids when it was discovered in 2004, with the potential to strike Earth in 2029.