An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...
NASA is preparing for a close encounter with a massive asteroid named 99942 Apophis, also known as the “God of Chaos,” set to make its closest pass by Earth today, November 13th. The asteroid, ...
The object bypassed impact monitoring systems. Last month, the Earth's atmosphere was bombarded by a small, boulder-sized asteroid just hours after it had first been detected, having evaded early ...
You might have heard that a honking big asteroid known as the 'God of Chaos' is heading our way and it's going to get closer to Planet Earth than some satellites. Now scientists reckon that its ...
When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience 'astroquakes,' scientists have predicted. Their research suggests that when the ...
Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent impact monitoring systems during its approach to our planet. However ...
AstroForge, for instance, has garnered a whopping $40 million (£31m) in funding. The company is tight-lipped about its target asteroid, but a platinum-rich one would seem to be the preference. “I want ...
A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is still a potential threat to Earth in 2029, according to new simulations. Asteroid 99942, which is about 1,200 feet/370 meters ...
Goodnight room, goodnight moon. The Hera spacecraft, speeding on to an asteroid, took a look back at Earth's moon — and in a new animation, you can see our neighbor shrinking as Hera flies away.