A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size to come near Earth in recorded human history. Roughly the size of ...

This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance ...

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history.

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.

Infrared space telescope: NASA's NEO Surveyor, launching in 2027, will detect hard-to-spot asteroids from the Sun-Earth L1 point using advanced infrared sensors. Moon debris danger: A study warns that ...

The asteroid Apophis will not collide with Earth during its closest approach to the planet on April 13, 2029. This was announced on April 28 by Sergey Yazev, a leading researcher at the Institute of ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...