2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...

The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, will pass us at a distance of 92,100 miles, closer than the moon's 238,900-mile orbit.

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact ...

Using advanced facilities such as the ZTF telescope, which can efficiently conduct vast sky surveys and track potentially ...

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

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.

Hollywood's weirdest upcoming movies. With the endless amount of storytelling possibilities that the science-fiction genre can provide, it is no wonder there are so many new sci-fi movies to see ...

Asteroids continue to closely approach Earth, with 10 atmospheric entries recorded this year. The latest, 2024 UQ, entered on October 21 near California, prompting advanced prediction patterns by ...

Pieces of the asteroid Bennu, collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, are being studied at Brown as part of an effort to better understand the solar system’s early history and the origins of materials ...