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 ...

NASA's venerable asteroid-hunting spacecraft is no more. The NEOWISE spacecraft from NASA, which surveyed 3,000 near-Earth ...

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

These are called "century asteroids" because they hit the Earth on average ... the second pass it misses Earth." An Armageddon-like tactic (exploding nukes in an asteroid) wouldn't work because ...

According to new research, Apophis's brief interaction with Earth’s gravity could unleash tremors and landslides on the ...

NASA alerts the public as asteroid 2024 UT7, a 190-foot-wide space rock, flies dangerously close to Earth today. Travelling at high speed, it's closely monitored for potential impact risks.

Two massive asteroids, each the size of an airplane, are hurtling towards Earth! , Technology & Science News - Times Now ...

Landslides and tremors may transform the asteroid ... close to Earth in 2029. More detailed observations in 2021 allowed ...

Researchers have determined the precise date when an asteroid could potentially impact Earth, carrying with it a power equivalent to that of 22 atomic bombs. This celestial object, named Bennu, ...

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(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RASCOE: Scientists may have discovered a way to knock an incoming asteroid off course. And for anyone who ever wondered, why don't we just throw a bunch of nuclear missiles at it?