Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...
The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.
When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience ...
When a celestial body, such as a moon, planet or an asteroid passes in front of another celestial body, blocking its view, we ...
Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...
The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.
DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...
They appear to have been formed by 10 or more related space rocks including the comet 2P/Encke. One hypothesis is that Comet ...