The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

An unusual concentration of impact craters suggests that they may have been caused by the breakup of an asteroid that created ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

To keep a close eye on this celestial body, NASA is utilising an advanced tracking system at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

Asteroid 2024 RV50, measuring 710 feet, will make a close approach to Earth on October 18, 2024, passing at a distance of ...

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers ...

NASA is tracking two asteroids, 2021 TK11 and 2024 TH3, set to pass near Earth on 14 October 2024. Although these space rocks ...

There aren’t as many potentially hazardous asteroids lurking near Earth as previously thought, according to a new study.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is actively monitoring three asteroids making close approaches to Earth on 13 October ...

2024 PT5, a Yale shuttle-sized Asteroid, will orbit Earth until late November. This new “mini-moon” is a wayward asteroid, a ...