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

which was the likely impact site of the 6-mile-wide asteroid that 65 million years ago caused the extinction of not only the ...

Once the new measurements were taken and the math was done, the probability of YR4 hitting the Earth began to decline, ...

The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, wiping out the dinosaurs and 75% of all species. By contrast ...

At approximately 40 to 90 meters (130-300 feet) wide, the asteroid is far smaller than the 10-kilometer (6-mile) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs but still large enough to devastate a major city.

"Scientifically there's a huge amount we can learn from asteroids," says Alan Fitzsimmons, an astronomer at Queens University ...

NASA data released Tuesday said there is now a 3.1 percent chance a "city-destroying" asteroid could smash into Earth in 2032. The asteroid named 2024 YR4 is being carefully monitored by the ...

"City killer" category The most infamous asteroid impact occurred 66 million years ago, when a six-mile-wide space rock triggered a global winter, wiping out the dinosaurs and 75% of all species.

"The really big ones, like the 10km (6.21 mile) [wide] or so asteroid that we think led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, happen maybe once every 100 million years." The asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

Unlike the six-mile-wide (10-kilometer-wide) asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, 2024 YR4 is classified as a "city killer" -- not a global catastrophe, but still capable of ...