As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking science.

Nasa says there is a small chance a recently spotted asteroid could collide with the Moon. Studying it can inform our understanding of the Earth's past and our future.

So it’s worth continue figuring out,” said Tsai. According to Tsai, Bennu is just the beginning. In 2029, the asteroid Apophis will make a close approach to Earth. While original observations ...

The US OSIRIS-REx mission (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security–Regolith Explorer) collected dust and rocks from asteroid Bennu and returned them to Earth in 2023.

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared ... studying samples that NASA collected from the asteroid Bennu found a wide assortment of organic molecules ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APophis EXplorer (OSIRIS-APEX) spacecraft will be redirected from asteroid Bennu and will conduct a detailed study of Apophis as it passes, surveying Apophis's surface composition, shape ...

On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...