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

Scientists have recently identified one of the most threatening asteroids ever discovered,99942 Apophis. Measuring about 370 ...

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will offer lessons in defending the planet from future cosmic threats.

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

Asteroid 2022 YS5, a building-sized space rock, will safely pass Earth on July 17, prompting NASA and ISRO to emphasize the ...

Scientists are looking to the skies today as a huge asteroid is set to skim past Earth at more than 20,000mph as NASA track ...

An asteroid is labelled risky if it comes within 7.4 million kilometres and measures more than 85 metres across.

Even with many lawmakers in favor of maintaining NASA's budget, a flat budget is still a funding cut when accounting for ...

Predicting the precise path of a new asteroid or comet is a complex affair; the more observations you have, the better you ...

NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2018 BY6, measuring approximately 210 feet across, is set to pass Earth today at a safe distance.

The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth in 2029 was ...