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 ...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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