In 2029, the world will witness a rare celestial event when the asteroid Apophis, a 375-meter-wide asteroid. flies by Earth at an astonishingly close distance. To study this phenomenon, the European ...

It's not often that a deep-space robotic explorer swings back by its home planet, but NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission did just that, completing a dramatic slingshot past Earth before racing toward its next ...

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to intercept an asteroid that will swing uncomfortably close to Earth on a Friday the 13th in 2029. The Ramses mission will fly alongside the asteroid ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — An asteroid the size of ...

There are literally thousands of asteroids circling around our planet in the vast solar system of ours, going about their business at various distances from our planet. Only one of them sends shivers ...

Asteroid 2026 CU1 will sweep past Earth this week at high speed, close enough to attract attention yet deemed safe, raising ...

Her baby couldn’t make it home for the holidays, but at least Dani Mendoza DellaGiustina had some out-of-this-world snapshots to keep herself warm. DellaGiustina is principal investigator for NASA’s ...

A 170-foot asteroid is set to race past Earth today at extraordinary speed, NASA says. Though no impact is expected, scientists are watching closely. What makes this flyby worth attention?

NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in 2032. Last year, the uncertainty surrounding the space rock's orbital path held out a slight chance of impact, but ...