Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

An asteroid hit Earth hours after it was detected, evading NASA's early warning system, in the third close call of its kind ...

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 study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

This proximity, however, could create what are called “astroquakes,” causing surface vibrations that might shift its ...

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set to pass by Earth on November 13th. While scientists assure it ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

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

Researchers predict that tremors, which would begin an hour before Apophis reaches its closest point to Earth and continue ...

It was a dishwasher-size capsule filled with bits of ancient asteroid—priceless matter from the dawn of ... miles per hour ...