Chinese scientists push for cubesat swarm mission to fly by infamous asteroid Apophis China could launch a mission involving ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space ...

The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in December 2016, declaring June 30 International Asteroid Day.

On that fateful day, an asteroid detonated above the remote Siberian wilderness in Russia, unleashing a force equivalent to 185 atomic bombs dropped on Japan's Hiroshima. The blast leveled ...

Asteroid Apophis is one of the most talked-about near-Earth objects, known for its close flybys and the potential risk it poses to our planet. Discovered in 2004, this asteroid has captured the ...

The Apophis asteroid has been a subject of fear and fascination ever since its discovery. With its close approach to Earth scheduled for 2029, many have speculated on the potential dangers this ...

YR4 might collide with the Moon in 2031, with a 4.3% chance of impact, according to NASA's updated calculations.

The designation is already used in other parts of the world to raise awareness for space science and planetary defense.

Earth is perfectly safe from a menacing asteroid known as 2024 YR4 that is big enough to level a city, but the moon? Not so much.