The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.
A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...
The ATLAS survey, a four-telescope system tasked with tracking near-Earth objects, first observed the asteroid in images ...
Observers in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to see the asteroid streak across the sky with the naked eye. NASA plans to ...
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...
The successor mission, NASA's NEO Surveyor (Near Earth Object Surveyor), will be the first space telescope that will be ...
When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.
Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.
Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...