These newly revised odds make it the biggest extra-terrestrial threat to our planet since 2004, when astronomers discovered an asteroid that had a 2.7 per cent chance of colliding with us. That ...

A far-off one, yes, but a genuine existential threat — like the impact of an asteroid of a certain size, something Earth and its dinosaurs, for example, experienced in the past.

If you surfed the web this morning, you may have seen news of the latest existential threat to humanity: a “planet killer” asteroid named 2022 AP7.

The chances of a 130- to 300-foot-wide asteroid hitting Earth just a few days before Christmas 2032 are increasing — but don't panic (or celebrate) just yet.

Odds of recently discovered asteroid hitting Earth drop nearly to zero Another night of observations revealed there is little to fear from the football-field-sized Asteroid 2024 YR4.

Save the world and get fabulously wealthy doing so. Someone really should make a movie out of that scenario, before it ...

The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking Earth in just seven years.

Most of the rocky rubble left over from the formation of the solar system about 4.6 billion years ago is too far away to pose a threat to Earth. But the slim chance of existential crisis motivates ...

Despite that red alert, the space rock does not remotely pose an existential threat to life on Earth even if it does collide with us.

Asteroid Apophis doesn’t currently pose a threat to Earth when it passes by in a few years, but an astrophysicist has envisioned a scenario where that could change.

Why an asteroid on a collision course with Earth is actually good for humanity Asteroid 2024 YR4 could have a positive impact on Earth, writes Anthony Cuthbertson, with Nasa saying it could ...