Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...

Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source ...

Asteroid Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, but scientists have confirmed there's no threat of a collision. Find out ...

Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2023 PX will pass Earth soon. The rock is around 73 feet wide in size. It is moving at a high speed through space.

Together, DART and Hera lay the foundations for future planetary protection missions. Focusing on asteroids that could pose ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 1997 QK1 will make its closest approach on 20 August. The rock measures about 990 feet wide and is travelling at 21,994 miles per hour.

The asteroid Apophis will pass closely by Earth in 2029 If an unlikely series of events occurs, it could be on a collision course The odds of Apophis hitting our planet are roughly one in two billion ...

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis — about 1,100 feet wide — will fly closer to Earth than many satellites, putting on a rare and safe spectacle.

In the new study, researchers set out to calculate just how likely it is that an asteroid could hit Earth during the average ...

With asteroid Apophis or any asteroid we know about now, there’s no need to panic,” said Will Snyder, manager at the St. Louis Science Center McDonnell Planetarium.

NASA announced this week that Earth will remain safe from the threat of a specific asteroid’s impact for at least the next 100 years. According to the space agency, new telescope observations ...