An Australian startup wants to recycle a geostationary satellite to get an up-close look at the "doomsday" asteroid Apophis.

These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft captured Earth and moon images during a gravity-assist flyby, confirming instrument functionality and maintaining course for its 2029 encounter with asteroid Apophis.

An 1,100-foot asteroid named Apophis will pass Earth in 2029 closer than our satellites, with gravity potentially shifting its path and affecting future orbits.

Explore the threat of asteroid Apophis with Neil deGrasse Tyson, examining its orbit, impact risk, and how scientists track potential Earth-killers in our cosmic neighborhood.

Studying samples from the Bennu asteroid, researchers have found sugars essential for biology, stardust and ... something ...

What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This | Space ...

For the first time, tryptophan, which is an essential amino acid, has been identified in extraterrestrial material.

Three more papers on the samples brought back from asteroid Bennu reveal the place contains the building blocks of DNA and ...

Richard Binzel has been watching the skies for hazardous asteroids for more than 50 years. In 1995, he proposed the Near-Earth Object Hazard Index, later renamed the Torino scale, which rates ...

Scientists led by Yoshihiro Furukawa of Tohoku University in Japan found sugars essential for biology on Earth in the Bennu ...

An asteroid could wipe out humanity, but it's unlikely. Near-misses are more common than impacts, though planetary defence is something that money should be spent on because the chance isn't zero. An ...