Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

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

If this is really an impact structure, it would be Venus' oldest and largest, giving us a rare glimpse into Venus' past and ...

Hera's journey to asteroid Dimorphos. To get to asteroid Dimorphos, Hera performed its first maneuver with two bursts from ...

The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the mission has upended everything we know about our solar system.

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.

Measuring 1,000-feet-long, the massive asteroid was discovered in 2004. Apophis is predicted to pass within 20,000 miles of ...

Have you ever worried about the moon getting lonely in its terrestrial orbit? Well, worry no more. The moon has found a friend!