Scientists are projecting a small but significant chance that an asteroid could strike the Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. Asteroids ... probability of hitting our planet that NASA has ever recorded ...

The US space agency had feared the chances of deadly asteroid YR4 hitting Earth ... with the Moon instead. Nasa will continue to track asteroids that could fall into Earth's path - five of which ...

NASA now estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017 per cent chance chance of hitting Earth in ... hazard associated with near-Earth objects (NEOs) such as asteroids and comets - said: "I'm ...

According to NASA's latest ... too – but hitting rubble pile asteroids with a spacecraft like DART could potentially generate a cloud of debris that could head towards Earth anyway.

NASA scientists previously estimated that the odds of 'city-killer' asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth in 2032 could ... which rates the danger of asteroids between one and ten.

NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 in 67, or 1.5%.

Moreover, NASA explains that small asteroids hit Earth all the time but, because of their size, they don't cause any damage. Instead, they create meteors ("shooting stars") that can be observed ...

astronomers will be able to determine better whether it is likely to hit Earth in its 2032 fly-by. “Only a few asteroids have been studied like this,” Bryce Bolin, a NASA astronomer involved ...

was predicted to have a 3.1% chance of hitting Earth — now has an “impact probability” of “only 0.004%” on Dec. 22, 2032. "NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid ...

Meanwhile, the chances the asteroid will hit the Moon increased from 0.8% to 1%. Armageddon-style plan could save Earth from large asteroids (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) NASA estimates that ...

For more than 24 hours, the asteroid did have the highest probability of hitting Earth — 3.1 percent — of such a big space rock in modern forecasting. Updated calculations posted by NASA late ...