The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

Although comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is still visible in our sky, astronomers are already preparing for another ...

Although we can still see comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS in the sky, astronomers are already preparing for another ...

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent ...

Asteroids frequently brush past our planet. However, Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos," may well write a new chapter in this story. NASA and ESA are closely monitoring this celestial object.

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...

A research team used Bennu's tracking data to investigate the potential existence of a fifth fundamental force in the ...

Leaders of major space agencies stated grand plans for the near future at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan, ...