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

The successor mission, NASA's NEO Surveyor (Near Earth Object Surveyor), will be the first space telescope that will be ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

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

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

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

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 ...

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

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.