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. Luckily for us 2022 AP7 “has no chance to ...

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.

After months of tracking and refining Asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit, NASA scientists were able to rule out an Earth strike. There's no real risk to the planet in seven years or afterward, according to the ...

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. Why it matters: The near-Earth ...

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

I f you’re like every other earthling, you may want to keep your head down on Dec. 22, 2032. That’s the day an asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 may strike our planet. Cosmic bookmakers don’t make an ...

The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) first spotted 2024 YR4 on December 27, 2024. At that point the asteroid was 515,116 miles (829,000 kilometers) from Earth.

In 2021, NASA released an analysis of Apophis’ trajectory, concluding that the asteroid doesn’t pose a threat to Earth in the immediate future. While there will be close passes in 2029 and ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could have a positive impact on Earth, ... and take collective action against an existential threat. And if it can be achieved with an asteroid, ...