The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did not cause any damage.

A potentially hazardous asteroid roughly the size of an aircraft carrier is due to pass within 2.8 million miles (3.5 million km) of Earth on June 5 and you can watch it happen live online.

How big of an asteroid does it take to damage cities, states, countries, and the planet? On the fourth-annual World Asteroid Day (Saturday, June 30), we take a look at estimates from NASA, Purdue ...

The damage caused by an asteroid impact depends on its size. But how big must a space rock be to cause an apocalypse? When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

YR4 made headlines earlier this year when its probability of impacting Earth in 2032 rose as high as 3%. While an Earth ...

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses 2032 asteroid collision 05:14. An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.004% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years ...

Then, on Sept. 10th, another airplane-sized asteroid known as QF6 will pass Earth within 1.65 million miles of our planet; it will be followed by RT2, an asteroid the size of a bus expected to fly ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 2.8% to 3.1% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Asteroids headed for Earth are scary. So get to know them a little! You can use the Impact: Earth! calculator to see what kind of damage an asteroid will cause. It’s totally not as scary when ...

Any damage would tend to be local if it didn't burn up in the atmosphere. An asteroid of this size is most likely to burn up." Orbital path of 2023 TM3, showing its position at the end of ...

An asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty will zip by Earth in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Labeled 2013 WV44, the 300-foot-long (91-meter-long) asteroid is traveling at an ...