When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

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

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

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

(The Hill) — An asteroid the size of a football stadium will thread the needle between Earth and the moon Saturday morning — the second of two astronomical near misses in three days.

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

It’s one of the most massive objects in the asteroid belt. Earth has a metal core, a mantle and crust. Metal asteroids are considered the probable source of iron meteorites found on Earth.

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

Four large asteroids are passing by Earth today, NASA has said ... That was a true asteroid impact over a populated area. It ...

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

So that's why on Earth we can have a mine [in a particular ... "we can tell the AMC guys … now it's over to you. Go and find that type of asteroid in the data." Once a promising asteroid has ...