Two landers from a private US company will be part of an armada to asteroid Apophis when it flies past Earth in 2029. Apophis ...

The asteroid Apophis, also known as 99942 Apophis, will have its historic close approach to Earth on Friday, the 13th of April 2029. With its diameter at approximately 375 meters, this NEA will be ...

The massive, 1,100-foot-wide asteroid Apophis is currently hurtling toward Earth at an astonishing 19 miles per second, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's not often that a deep-space robotic explorer swings back by its home planet, but NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission did just that, ...

The asteroid Apophis will fly very close to Earth in the spring of 2029. Several probes are scheduled to land on it during ...

The European Space Agency has signed Tyvak International to further develop Farinella. This is a 6U CubeSat that will support ESA’s RAMSES planetary defence mission to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

MOSCOW — Russia’s top space researchers are considering a mission to deflect 99942 Apophis, an asteroid that will fly close to Earth two decades from now, said Anatoly Perminov, the head of Russia’s ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office A niche corner of the commercial space sector is attracting attention from ...

A massive, 83-foot asteroid named 2026 FR2 is set to pass Earth today, as confirmed by NASA. Despite its fast speed and relative proximity, it poses no current threat.