The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

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

NASA is closely tracking asteroid Apophis, a massive Near-Earth Object that could cause widespread destruction if it collides ...

The asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set for a near-Earth flyby on November 13, passing within 19,000 miles ...

When Apophis was discovered in 2004, initial calculations indicated that it could approach Earth with a risk of collision.

Observers in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to see the asteroid streak across the sky with the naked eye. NASA plans to ...

Tuesday marks the tenth anniversary of a huge astronomical milestone: the first and only time we have landed on a comet. The ...

"With the support of recent optical observations and additional radar observations, the uncertainty in Apophis’ orbit has ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission ... on Monday and successfully placed it into orbit, as the country seeks to build up its ...