That big scary asteroid that had some people worried ... NASA put the final nail in the doomsday coffin: a near-impossible 0.004% chance of impact. And while Earth is out of harm’s way, the ...

The metaphorical clock measures how close humanity is to self-destruction, because of nuclear disaster, climate change, AI ...

A White House science advisor recently war-gamed with space agency heads worldwide to devise a planet-saving defense to an ...

Don’t blame astronomers for the odds that an asteroid will strike Earth in 2032. The likelihood has gone from 3.1 per cent to less than 1 per cent.

SPACE is a deadly place – and we’re all living at its mercy on a little blue rock. Thankfully we know that asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t be crashing into us after all, but that’s not ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 will come close to Earth in late 2032, but we won't have to make any doomsday preparations. It's expected to pass safely by. The asteroid was first reported by the Minor Planet ...

For centuries, humankind has been obsessed with doomsday scenarios ... The latest iteration is an asteroid, coined 2024 YR4, that scientists said has a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island: Don’t blame the astronomers for the ever-changing odds that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will strike Earth in 2032. The likelihood has gone from about 1.3 per cent in ...

As wide as the Statue of Liberty is tall, the asteroid is estimated to be between 130 and 300 feet in width. If it were to improbably strike Earth in December 2032, the estimated doomsday ...

If a massive asteroid hit Earth ... it would be very bad – like, apocalypse badCredit: Getty There are a couple of ways that this could happen. One option is something called a rogue planet ...