New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

The near miss by the large Apophis asteroid in April 2029 offers NASA a golden—and exceedingly rare—opportunity to observe ...

Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

On April 13th, 2029, the asteroid known as Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of just 19,000 miles. For a bit of context, the Moon is somewhere between 225,000 and 252,000 miles away at any ...

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began ...

The report comes on the heels of President Donald Trump’s initial budget proposal for NASA, which calls for historically ...

I was preparing for my early morning class back in January 2025 when I received a notice regarding an asteroid called 2024 ...

YR4 might collide with the Moon in 2031, with a 4.3% chance of impact, according to NASA's updated calculations.

NASA has continuously been monitoring 2024 YR4 since it was first reported on Dec. 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last ...