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 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its effort to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of the space ...

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

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

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.

For the next two months, Earth will have a cosmic guest. A so-called “mini moon” will join our actual moon in circling the ...

In an unearthed interview with Conan O'Brien in 2007, Tyson spoke about the threat of an asteroid named Apophis. Asteroids - which are sometimes referred to as 'minor planets' - are rocky remains ...

Not only that, but if the asteroid, which is named Apophis after an Egyptian god resembling a snake who sowed chaos and disorder, were to hit our planet, it would likely happen on Friday the 13th.

The moon, space sustainability, asteroids and more are being discussed at a major conference in Milan. MILAN — Leaders of major space agencies stated grand plans for the near future at a major ...

A year after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returned dust and rock samples from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, scientists are ...

A significant astronomical event will take place on Earth when the asteroid Apophis gets closer to Earth—about 19,000 miles or 30,600 km. This asteroid, named after the Egyptian snake deity of chaos, ...