Two landers from a private US company will be part of an armada to asteroid Apophis when it flies past Earth in 2029. Apophis ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

In echoes of the film Armageddon - when a team are sent to touch down on an asteroid and blow it up - scientists hope to send ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning a mission to send a spacecraft to intercept the asteroid Apophis, a Near-Earth ...

The asteroid Apophis will fly very close to Earth in the spring of 2029. Several probes are scheduled to land on it during ...

A fast-moving 2026 FF6 will pass close to Earth, but if it poses no danger, why are scientists still tracking it so closely?

A massive, 83-foot asteroid named 2026 FR2 is set to pass Earth today, as confirmed by NASA. Despite its fast speed and relative proximity, it poses no current threat.

All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the ...

A fast-moving asteroid, 2026 FR2, will pass Earth at a “close” distance, but if it poses no danger, why are scientists still ...

The European Space Agency has signed Tyvak International to further develop Farinella. This is a 6U CubeSat that will support ESA’s RAMSES planetary defence mission to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

The University of Arizona is marking the 100th anniversary of its “Bear Down” motto, which originated from the final words of ...

The ESA Council concluded its 345th meeting with decisions that advance Europe's human spaceflight, strengthen international ...