When the ancient 'God of Chaos' asteroid skims close to Earth it could have a major reaction and be transformed.

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season ...

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

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

New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...

Volcanic eruptions caused sulfates to gush into the air and turned Earth into an icebox. Later, dinosaurs came into this ...

Everyone’s focused on the risk of this object one day hitting Earth, but just getting close to us may do extreme things to it ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

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.

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

In comparison, the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs was much larger, at least 10 to 15 kilometres wide.

NASA is preparing to monitor several asteroids, including 2024 TB2, 2007 UT3, and the larger 2020 WG, as they make safe ...