Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

The ATLAS survey, a four-telescope system tasked with tracking near-Earth objects, first observed the asteroid in images ...

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

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

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...

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

What happens if a large asteroid or comet hits Earth? And what are the chances something like Oumuamua or Bennu could ...

AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, ...