The chances that a potentially dangerous asteroid will strike Earth are tiny, but over long periods, the odds that a collision will occur are not negligible.

NASA gathered about 100 experts to practice a hypothetical discovery of an asteroid with a 72% chance of impacting Earth. They had a politics problem.

NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they'd handle it ...

Simulation shows tsunami from dinosaur-killing asteroid that brought 2.5-mile-high waves to Gulf Coast ...

The NASA simulation had an asteroid with a 72 per cent chance of hitting Earth in 2038, impacting North America, Southern Europe, and North Africa.

What happens if a huge asteroid hits Earth? This simulation shows just how rapidly the destruction would circle the globe with fire.

An online simulator lets you launch an asteroid at a locale of your choosing and ponder the potential outcome.

EVER wondered what would happen if an asteroid crashed into your local area? An expert has made a chilling simulator to see just how serious such an event would be in any part of the world. You ...

A chilling new simulation shows how a concerning asteroid could cause a 'cataclysmic air burst' over New York if it hit the earth - in 2032. The recently discovered space rock, measuring 130 to ...

NASA and other federal agencies recently did a tabletop simulation of an Earth-threatening asteroid to see how they'd handle it ...