The chance of a newly discovered space rock hitting Earth in about eight years was predicted at 1.6 percent last week. Though ...

A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

An steroid up to 300ft wide now has a 2.2% chance of colliding into Earth. It could prompt a space mission to intercept it.

The probability of a 2032 collision with the 50-meter asteroid has risen to 1.9%. However, ongoing calculations in the coming ...