but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has a greater than one percent chance of colliding with Earth in about eight years. Such an impact has the potential for city ...

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

The odds of a “city-killer” asteroid striking Earth in about eight years time has gone up. NASA’s initial analysis of the newly identified asteroid, 2024 YR4, estimated to be between 40 and 100 metres ...

The asteroid, measuring around 130 to 300 feet across, is too small to threaten the extinction of humankind, but experts warn that it could cause massive destruction if it hits a major city.

you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs,” Bruce Betts, chief scientist of The Planetary Society, told Agence France-Presse last week. The 2024 YR4 asteroid observed by ...

It may sound apocalyptic, but a newly detected asteroid nearly the size of a football ... Such an impact has the potential for city-level devastation, depending on where it strikes.

The odds of a "city-killer" asteroid striking Earth in about eight years time has gone up. NASA's initial analysis of the newly identified asteroid, 2024 YR4, estimated to be between 40 and 100 metres ...