The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation.

President Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that he was moving forward with his plan to reopen the infamous Alcatraz federal prison in San Francisco."Because of the Violence and Criminality I have ...

International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence is the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids ...

Leader of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Azruddin Mohamed has been flip-flopping on whether his party’s political symbol is a jaguar or a leopard. Mr Mohamed on Sunday fended off questions tha… ...

Horn cited whistleblower claims that the official calculations may have been manipulated and that the asteroid could still pose a danger.

Asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004 and initially posed a significant, though small, risk of impacting Earth. Apophis is a large near-Earth object, measuring approximately 1,100 feet wide.