Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

Hiding somewhere in the gloom of space, there is a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with our planet. If we don’t spot ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...

In 2022 its space agency, NASA, collided a semi-autonomous spacecraft (capable of self-steering as well as being remotely ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Asteroid prospecting company AstroForge has been awarded the first-ever commercial license for operating and communicating ...

The successor mission, NASA's NEO Surveyor (Near Earth Object Surveyor), will be the first space telescope that will be ...

According to new research, Apophis's brief interaction with Earth’s gravity could unleash tremors and landslides on the ...