Even more recently, on June 30, 1908, an asteroid plunged into Earth's atmosphere and exploded in the skies over Siberia, and on Feb. 15, 2013, residents of the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia ...

An asteroid that's big enough to wipe out a city has a 1-in-43 chance of hitting our planet in the year 2032. But according to new calculations, there's an even smaller chance that it might crash ...

Even though the asteroid is relatively small, it could still be what some are calling a "city killer" because if it were to hit Earth, it could cause significant devastation in a populous area.

The chance of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth has been reduced to almost zero after new observations dramatically shrunk the “uncertainty window,” according to the European Space Agency.

Measuring between 130 and 300 feet wide, the asteroid could impact a major city, endangering millions. Space agencies worldwide are tracking its path, considering potential interventions.

Scientists had expected the odds of impact to lessen as time went on, but the 1-in-33 odds from a few days ago had outlets like Wired asking about the real danger of the “city-killing asteroid.” ...

A city-killer asteroid is currently on NASA’s radar because it has a small chance of hitting Earth in 2032. However, new reports suggest that it could hit the Moon instead. Asteroid 2024 YR4 is ...

A newly discovered asteroid has climbed to the top of ... scientists are closely tracking the space rock, now called "city-killer." Though the rising impact risk might seem alarming, scientists ...

Ars: What are we learning about the asteroid's destructive potential? Andrews: The damage it could cause would be localized to a roughly city-sized area, so if it hits the middle of the ocean or a ...

A Chilean space telescope has captured striking images of YR4 2024, the “city-killer” asteroid that’s potentially on a collision course with Earth. “Only a few asteroids have been studied ...

you basically wipe out the whole city and some of the environs." The European Space Agency, which estimates that the asteroid has a 2.4 percent chance of hitting Earth, said in a statement ...