Ninety percent of the world's population could glimpse asteroid Apophis during its once-in-a-millennium close approach to ...

The probe will conduct a detailed scientific survey of the asteroid and send a sample back to Earth for further analysis.

A new image of an asteroid, referred to as a “quasi-moon,” has been released ...

The asteroid will be visible for several nights from different parts of the world. We’ll tell you when and where to look, and what equipment you’ll need to spot it.

Watch Asteroid 2024 JN16 making a close approach to Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation/data: ESA | edited by Steve Spaleta ...

A Chinese probe is set for a historic touchdown on asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, which may have been blasted away from Earth’s Moon ...

Hayabusa2’s next target is barely bigger than the probe itself ...

China's Tianwen-2 spacecraft has sent back the first-ever close-up image of Earth's rare quasi-satellite Kamoʻoalewa, an asteroid that scientists suspect could be a fragment of the Moon.

Unlike NASA's approach of launching two separate spacecraft, China reportedly plans to send its observer and impactor ...

A colossal asteroid, dwarfing the Eiffel Tower, is set for a safe flyby of Earth this weekend, June 27, 2026. Designated (152637) 1997 NC1, it will pass at a distance of 2.6 million kilometers. While ...

Our solar system is a celestial shooting gallery, chock-full of flying projectiles that one day could threaten Earth—so what can we do about it?

A giant asteroid roughly the size of a skyscraper will pass within seven lunar distances of Earth on June 27. Here's how to watch the rare flyby during two livestreams on June 26 and June 27. The ...