2029 Apophis asteroid flyby will be a close encounter with Earth Earth’s gravity may dramatically alter the surface of ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

Washington: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued an alert for November 13 as asteroid 99942 ...

It's here to stay, or at least until Thanksgiving week. But it's not a moon. In fact, it's an asteroid named 2024 PT5. It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our ...

Researchers predict that Earth will wreak havoc on asteroid Apophis during their close encounter in 2029. First, the immense pull may cause tremors strong enough to dislodge rocks and dust, with some ...

Scientists have found where most meteorites comes from. One of them, known as the Massalia family, is responsible for 37 per ...

Scientists predict that the asteroid Apophis may undergo significant surface changes when it makes its close approach to Earth in 2029, according to a new study. The asteroid, named after the ...

I reported on the story of the birth and development of the planetary defense movement in my new book, How to Kill An Asteroid—and, after having spoken to around 100 different researchers ...

From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most ... gained by the water from the wheel's movement was equal to the potential energy lost ...

so the researchers based their models on a similar two-lobed asteroid, Itokawa, which has been studied in greater detail. The researchers then simulated each model's movement toward Earth ...