A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in 2029. The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

Photo of asteroid 4179 Toutatis taken by China's Chang'e-2 spacecraft during a 2012 flyby mission Credit: Yun Jiang, Jianghui Ji, Jiangchuan Huang, Simone Marchi, Yuan Li and Wing-Huen Ip (CC BY 4.0) ...

"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be." An asteroid once thought to pose a threat to Earth may be visible to the ...

The Paris-based European Space Agency says a near 10-foot-wide asteroid passed Earth 265 miles above Antarctica but was not detected until hours after it was gone.

Ramses, DESTINY+ and OSIRIS-APEX will have a ringside seat for the encounter, if all goes to plan. A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its ...