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 ...

We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to ...

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 ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

Averting an asteroid strike will need many of the same skills we must hone to tackle climate change and future pandemics ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They ...

NASA has received samples of Asteroid Ryugu from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The samples were collected by ...

Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...

When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.