Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...
An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...
AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...
In June 2018, Japan's Hayabusa 2 mission reached asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It studied the asteroid for about 15 months, ...
NASA revealed that 'Asteroid 99942 Apophis' is a near-Earth object (NEO) which is likely to be about 335 meters across. It is ...
What happens if a large asteroid or comet hits Earth? And what are the chances something like Oumuamua or Bennu could actually hit our planet? 00:00 Asteroids1:37 Chelyabinsk02:31 Chicxulub 03:46 ...
When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.
Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.