Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...

The European Space Agency's Hera mission is on its way toward Mars, where it will get a gravity assist before going on to its asteroid target.

When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience ...

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will come close to Earth, potentially triggering tremors and landslides on its surface.

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

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

Everyone’s focused on the risk of this object one day hitting Earth, but just getting close to us may do extreme things to it ...