On Friday, April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will come closer to our planet than many satellites. A close cosmic visitor The ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

There are literally thousands of asteroids circling around our planet in the vast solar system of ours, going about their business at various distances from our planet. Only one of them sends shivers ...

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

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When it smashed into Earth "with the energy of about 8 billion times a World War II-era nuclear ...

Ramses, DESTINY+ and OSIRIS-APEX will have a ringside seat for the encounter, if all goes to plan. A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office We are fewer than four years away from what may be the most significant ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is 520 feet across. On a cosmic scale, it will ...

"This is four times more people than saw Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Think about what a world event this is going to be." An asteroid once thought to pose a threat to Earth may be visible to the ...

If an asteroid was heading for a deadly impact with Earth, could we nudge it off course safely without making the situation worse? Yes, thanks to a new system for calculating the perfect spot to smack ...

The Europlanet Science Congress 2025 will be held jointly with the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society’s Division of Planetary Science (EPSC-DPS2025) from 7–12 September 2025 at ...