The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high ...

In April 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass Earth at a distance that sounds almost unreal on paper. About 20,000 miles away ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's illustration depicts a typical asteroid in our solar system. - ESA The possibility that a huge space rock — once ...

Don't fret, the moon is safe from a potential "city killer" asteroid collision in half-a-dozen years, astronomers now say. Asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to hit the moon in 2032, is now expected to ...

Observations conducted with the Subaru Telescope and its first-generation wide-field camera, Suprime-Cam, have revealed new ...