REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against ...

The potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu probably won't hit Earth. But this study shows the damage a space rock of its size ...

A Bennu-type asteroid could lead to “severe environmental consequences,” researchers write, while acknowledging that a ...

Researchers are unlocking secrets of our solar system by analyzing asteroid Bennu samples, some of the most pristine ever ...

A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.

Scientists recently completed computer simulations of what would happen to Earth if it were impacted by an asteroid with a ...

The unsettling odds are the highest any asteroid has had of impacting Earth in more than two decades since the infamous Apophis was first discovered and later ruled out as a threat. But ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has been a source of consternation because it carries an uncommonly high risk of colliding into Earth. It's the most hazardous space rock detected since astronomers first ...

and it has already returned bits of another asteroid named Bennu. With clever rocket science, NASA redirected OSIRIS-Rex so that it will catch up with Apophis just days after its closest encounter to ...