An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

NASA has secured the necessary funding for the OSIRIS-APEX mission, which would see the repurposed OSIRIS-REx spacecraft used to visit another asteroid, Apophis, in 2029. The mission—one of 19 science ...

NASA's plans to fly a spaceship alongside a potentially hazardous asteroid in 2029 will continue — for the next year, at least. After threats of mission cancellation, the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft ...