Newsweek on MSN1d
NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth Today
The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.
New Scientist1d
If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?
From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...
Earth's powerful gravity might do a number on the asteroid Apophis
Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike ...
Will ‘Apophis’ Hit Earth In 2029? We’ll Know In 2027, Scientist Says
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists consider the chance extremely small.
The Next Web1d
Apophis: a European space mission gets up close with an asteroid set to brush by Earth
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...
Space on MSN3d
NASA's 15-year-old NEOWISE asteroid hunter meets fiery doom by burning up in Earth's atmosphere
Microgravity makes water do weird and wonderful things. NASA astronaut Don Pettit took advantage of that fact to create a ...
Understanding Apophis: Key facts about the near-Earth asteroid set to fly in 2029
Once feared to pose a threat to Earth, asteroid Apophis is now a subject of immense scientific interest. Discovered in ...
MIT scientists study particles from distant asteroid for clues to the outer solar system’s origin
We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...
Space on MSN7d
Earth sure looks spooky in these 'hyperspectral' images from Europe's Hera asteroid probe
The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at our planet ...