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

Around 66 million years ago, the dinosaurs were killed by an enormous asteroid that hit what is today Chicxulub, Mexico. But a second asteroid struck during that same era at the Nadir crater off ...

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

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not mean Earth is not a hazard to it.

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 ...

The Chicxulub asteroid strike is well-known for its role in dinosaur extinction, but new findings suggest it might have been part of a duo. A second asteroid impact might have occurred around the ...

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.

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

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

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

THE remains of the world’s toughest dinosaur, which had bulletproof armour, have revealed how shockingly strong the ...