An asteroid the size of an aeroplane is approaching. NASA confirmed asteroid 2025 QV9 will pass by Earth. The space rock will ...

On Sept. 8, 2016, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security – Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission launched from Cape Canaveral, setting off on its 4.4-billion-mile ...

ESA is preparing a mission to study and land on asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with Earth in 2029. NASA is also looking into a possible Apophis effort but faces funding issues.

The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies are coordinating efforts to study the object during this the once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Three new papers into the samples brought back from the Bennu asteroid were published recently, shedding more light into the ...

NASA has confirmed asteroid 2025 OG1 is travelling towards Earth. The rock measures nearly 110 feet in size and is moving at ...

An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century.

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.