DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, providing a different ...

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

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

AstroForge’s CEO Matt Gialich wants to mine asteroids for platinum, aiming to turn space’s untapped wealth into a new ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

Underneath the icy, rocky surface of asteroids – such as the 16 Psyche which is about 124 miles wide – there’s an estimated ...

Earth’s newly captured mini-moon 2024 PT5 will depart in November, highlighting the fascination with transient asteroids.

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.

On September 29, 2024, Earth captured a tiny asteroid named 2024 PT5, turning it into a temporary mini-moon. It won't be around much longer.

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...