NASA confirms that asteroid 99942 Apophis, roughly the size of the Eiffel Tower, will safely pass Earth on April 13, 2029 at a distance closer than many satellites. Once feared to have a significant ...

Asteroid set to pass ‘close’ to Earth - but you have time to prepare - The flyby will be close enough for observers across the Eastern Hemisphere to spot the asteroid without telescopes, marking a rar ...

The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth. Here's what to know.

NASA has confirmed that asteroid Apophis will safely pass Earth on April 13, 2029, at a distance of about 20,000 miles, closer than many satellites. Once considered a major impact threat, radar ...

Aarti Holla-Maini of the UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs is primed to spot a potential planetary strike – and a year ago, she thought the moment had come ...

In 2022, NASA crashed the DART spacecraft into the tiny asteroid Dimorphos, which orbits a larger asteroid called Didymos, on purpose. This video shows the motion of the two-asteroid system, with a ...

A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact—which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ago—in ...

The space rock has a 4.3% chance of striking the Moon in six years—and it could generate a flash nearly as bright as Venus. Reading time 2 minutes A large rocky asteroid will make a close approach to ...