The Hayabusa2 mission is facing a new challenge after observations showed the asteroid it is going to rendezvous with and ...

The 1,115-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than many satellites fly in April 2029, giving scientists and stargazers a rare front-row seat.

A n asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to ...

A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth.

Just a couple of short years ago, the world was abuzz with excitement as a human-made spacecraft was hurtling through space, bringing with it samples of a world so alien and distant that we've never ...

Scientists spotted these locations by looking at isotopes, or element types, in the sample of Bennu's dust. Isotopes that originated in the solar system had a different makeup than those that came ...

TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency ...

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