Yes, astronomers point to asteroid 99942 Apophis, 1,099 feet wide and first identified in 2004. According to NASA officials, at the time of its initial sighting, Apophis was one of the most ...

The "city killer" asteroid tipped to make direct path for Earth within the decade now has a higher risk of hitting the planet than any other in human history. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is currently moving ...

NASA confirms asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 3.1% chance of colliding with Earth on December 22, 2032, potentially causing severe local damage. Estimated at 130 to 300 feet in diameter, its impact could ...

A spacecraft's sample return capsule was detected entering the Earth's atmosphere using acoustic sensors by a team of ...

The 'God of Chaos' asteroid 99942 Apophis is the only other object in the history of astronomy to be given a rating of three or higher on this scale. While the odds of 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are ...

Astronomers assigned a similar 2.7 percent collision chance to asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, but it has since been discounted, with scientists convinced there is no major risk it could make ...

Astronomers assigned a similar 2.7% collision chance to asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, but it has since been discounted, with scientists convinced there is no major risk it could make impact in ...

While the team works on this, NASA's OSIRIS-REx has been renamed OSIRIS-APEX, and will attempt to get up close to asteroid 99942 Apophis following a close encounter by the asteroid with Earth in 2029.

The highest ranking of an asteroid was 99942 Apophis, which briefly reached level 4 on the scale for a few days after its discovery in 2004. (Further analysis revealed that its orbit in 2036 will ...

Its risk of collision is above that of Asteroid 99942 Apophis, the "God of Chaos", which was discovered in 2004. This previously discovered space rock was given a 2.7 per cent chance of hitting Earth ...

At the end of 2024, a NASA-funded telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first spotted 2024 YR4 and a month later scientists concluded there was a more than 1% chance the asteroid would ...

Its risk of collision is above that of Asteroid 99942 Apophis, the "God of Chaos", which was discovered in 2004. This previously discovered space rock was given a 2.7 per cent chance of hitting ...