The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

NASA is closely tracking asteroid Apophis, a massive Near-Earth Object that could cause widespread destruction if it collides ...

When Apophis was discovered in 2004, initial calculations indicated that it could approach Earth with a risk of collision.

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set to pass by Earth on November 13th. While scientists assure it ...

But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system.

The asteroid is almost double the size of other asteroids and ... "With the support of recent optical observations and ...

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

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

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

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