AstroForce has received a commercial license for operating and communicating with a mission headed to a near-Earth asteroid, ...
Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...
When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...
A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...
The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.
Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...
When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.
Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...
A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.
From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...