We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all.In the next five ...

When a massive asteroid whizzes just past Earth in a few years − at a distance 10 times closer than the moon − a space mission will be ready to greet the big rock, and send it on its way.

Bitcoin can't ever experience the same type of problem. On that note, 16 Psyche, an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter, is estimated to contain between $10 quintillion and $700 quintillion ...

The space mission will study how the surface of the cruise ship-sized asteroid changes as it whizzes past Earth 10-times closer than the moon.

To be clear, the asteroid is not going to hit Earth — not in our lifetime nor our children’s lifetimes, anyway.

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

Measuring about 1,200 feet wide, 2005 VO5 belongs to the Aten group. These asteroids have orbits that frequently cross ...

As Apophis passes closer to Earth than geosynchronous satellites in April 2029, the asteroid will hopefully be tracked by a new ESA mission called Ramses.

In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil ...

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early ...

This is a visualization of Apophis, an asteroid about 1,100 feet wide (340 meters) expected to fly 20,000 miles from Earth on April, 2029. Some satellites orbit this region, but scientists expect ...

The odds that asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit Earth in 2032 recently spiked from a little more than 1% to 2.3% as more observations are made.