A "bus-sized" asteroid being tracked by NASA will zoom safely past the Earth on Wednesday as both celestial objects make a ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

Once feared to pose a threat to Earth, asteroid Apophis is now a subject of immense scientific interest. Discovered in 2004, ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists consider the chance extremely small.

Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see our neighbor shrinking as Hera flies away.

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

Humans might be worried about what the potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid Apophis may do to our planet once it makes a close flyby in 2029. However, what impact will Earth's powerful ...

However, one of the few for which we can be truly ready is an asteroid strike.While nobody has found any large asteroids on a ...

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will come close to Earth, potentially triggering tremors and landslides on its surface.

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft concluded its 15-year mission. The spacecraft identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects. NEOWISE's ...

Do you want to know how lonely our planet actually is? Just check out the latest images taken by the European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft. As it flew towards an asteroid, the probe captured photos ...

Every year from late September through early December, night sky observers will note a concentration of meteors that appear to radiate out from a point in the sky near the constellation Taurus. These ...