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

In April 2029, Apophis is predicted by NASA to come within 32,000 kilometers (20,000 miles) of the Earth's surface. Closer ...

Most asteroid flybys pass millions of kilometers away from Earth, too distant to notice. But one upcoming encounter will be ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...

Gold prices have shattered records in 2025 as global instability reshapes where nations and investors seek safety.

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) mission to the Apophis asteroid.

The Trump administration has proposed a number of major cost-saving measures in 2025, and NASA's budget for the 2026 financial year was no different. A Mars sample return mission may be lost, and the ...

These so-called Venus co-orbital asteroids are currently undetected because of their alignment in the sky but could one day ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 caused quite a stir last year when it was discovered and originally calculated to have a 3% chance of hitting Earth. Since then models have been refined and while it no longer has a ...

Passing at an altitude of just 265 miles (428 kilometres), the asteroid came closer to the Earth's surface than the orbit of ...