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

A strange Earth shines in new imagery captured by a European asteroid mission. The Hera spacecraft, which launched this month to study a binary asteroid system up close. turned its gaze back at ...

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

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.

NASA reported that the asteroid dubbed “2024 ON” will pass by Earth on Wednesday, Sept. 17, traveling within 621,000 miles of our planet. NASA is monitoring the “potentially hazardous object ...

Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike Earth. Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004.

An asteroid the size of a house ... which will come within 192,000 miles of Earth - 48,000 miles closer than the moon is to us currently. The size and close proximity of the asteroids can provide ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our ...

Once feared to pose a threat to Earth, asteroid Apophis is now a subject of immense scientific interest. Discovered in 2004, the 450-meter-wide asteroid will pass remarkably close to Earth on ...

Given that distance, Apophis probably won't affect Earth much in 2029. But how will the asteroid itself fare after this close encounter? That question intrigued Ronald-Louis Ballouz, an asteroid ...

Earth has a new “mini-moon” after an asteroid has joined our orbit. The object, known as 2024 PT5, has been chasing after us for years. Now, it has become close enough to be pulled in by our gravity.