YR4 were to strike Earth, the energy released could be equivalent to 8 megatons of TNT, capable of devastating an area the ...

There is a 2 percent chance that seven years from now, “the city destroyer” will hit Earth with the force of an 8-megaton ...

There is a very small chance that an asteroid capable of taking out an entire city could strike Earth in less than eight ...

Netflix fans are speculating that the reality as we know it will become closer to a well-known sci-fi comedy as the chance of ...

A recently-discovered asteroid, which is estimated to be between 130ft and 330ft in diameter, could strike Planet Earth in ...

It sounds like something from a bad Hollywood movie. But in reality ... In that case, the asteroid would make it through the atmosphere intact, and crash into Earth’s surface. If it hit on the land, ...

This plan echoes that of the 1998 disaster movie Armageddon ... successfully changing its orbit. Earth is directly hit by an asteroid similar in size to 2024YR4 once every few thousand years.

The chances of an asteroid hitting the Earth with enough force to destroy ... It sounds like a Hollywood movie, but it could be nudged ever so slightly by attaching a rocket to it or even hitting ...

Scientists comment on asteroid 2024 YR4 which may hit Earth in 2032. Prof Martin Ward, Emeritus Temple Chevallier Professor of Astronomy, Durham University, said: ...

If there's still a greater than 1 percent probability of 2024 YR4 hitting the Earth ... Fans of Hollywood movies know there's a nuclear option for dealing with an asteroid coming toward us.

Earth's planetary defences are facing one of their first major tests as an asteroid with about a one in 50 chance of hitting ...