Nasa's Near-Earth Object Studies Center has been closely observing Asteroid Apophis for nearly two decades. Scientists ...

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set for a near-Earth flyby on November 13, passing within 19,000 miles ...

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

Highlighting that asteroid Apophis will be the closest to our planet in 2029, astronomers believe that it will not hit the ...

He noted, "Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and a dwarf planet. I think sometimes people think of small, ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led team combined compositional data of primitive bodies like Kuiper Belt objects, asteroids ...

The asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos, is set to pass remarkably close to Earth in 2029. While posing ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

Meteors that fall to Earth are also often called “shooting stars” and are a common occurrence, according to NASA. While some ...

Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...