The six-mile-wide asteroid punched a one-way ticket toward extinction for all non-avian dinosaurs. Some 66 million years ...

But scientists revised that assessment after a precise analysis of the asteroid’s orbit in 2021. And scientists are expecting similar forecasting trends with 2024 YR4, which currently sits at a ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The most devastating event in Earth’s history, as far as life is concerned, was the ...

NASA describes the asteroid as "potentially hazardous," but it poses no threat to Earth Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in 2021 ...

In 2021 a collaborative of scientists published a report that identified the immediate effects of an asteroid, including "shock waves that can knock down forests and buildings, thermal radiation ...

While YR4's impact odds have unseated Apophis, the larger asteroid still briefly hit a higher rating of 4 on the Torino Scale. A radar observation campaign in March 2021 during a distant flyby ...

In 2021, NASA gave the all-clear to another potentially worrisome asteroid, Apophis, after new telescope observations ruled out any chance of it hitting Earth in 2068. It’s way too soon to fret ...

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But scientists revised that assessment after a precise analysis of the asteroid's orbit in 2021. And scientists are expecting similar forecasting trends with 2024 YR4, which currently sits at a 3 ...