The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defense, alongside a dedicated agreement ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...

ESA's planned Ramses mission would arrive at the asteroid Apophis two months before the asteroid's April 2029 close flyby of Earth. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan ...

A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

A large asteroid about the size of the Eiffel Tower is expected to come unusually close to Earth in 2029, but there is no risk of impact, scientists said. The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around ...

This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance ...

Joint mission agreement: ESA and JAXA will send the Ramses spacecraft to meet Apophis during its exceptionally close 2029 flyby. Scientific significance: The approach offers a rare chance to observe ...

The asteroid was discovered on May 10 by astronomers with the Mount Lemmon Survey, an astronomical project based in Arizona’s ...

An asteroid named 2026JH2 will swing by Earth on Monday, passing four times closer than our distance to the moon.