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

Blowing up an asteroid, as depicted in the movie Armageddon, is no use. The asteroid would be broken into smaller fragments, ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

Another alternative to the 1,000 spacecraft mission would mean going full ‘Armageddon,’ as in the 1998 sci-fi action flick, and nuking the asteroid before it smashes into Earth. NASA’s ...

The worst sci-fi movie of all time, according to science, is Roland Emmerich's 'Moonfall'. Neil Degrasse Tyson now thinks it has surpassed 'Armageddon'.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.

FOR a generation of scientists – and science fiction fans – Hollywood movies like Armageddon and Deep Impact have helped shape and scare society. The risk of an asteroid wreaking havoc on our ...

Armageddon may be a bombastic work of fiction. But planetary defense is real: while an increasingly advanced array of asteroid-hunting observatories diligently and constantly keeps its eyes on the ...

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Fortunately, we don’t have to brace for armageddon as none are on a collision ... Finn Burridge told the Daily Mail. The largest asteroid of the incoming quartet, 2002 NV16 (pictured), will ...