The probe flew 3,438 kilometres above Earth during its swing. It moved closer than several high-orbit satellites circling the ...

Apophis will make a rare close flyby of Earth in 2029 as scientists study its effects and analyse new findings on ...

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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 ...

Update: The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 striking Earth in 2032 have fallen to 1.5%, NASA announced Wednesday. Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer ...

The manoeuvre adjusted the spacecraft's path and speed around the Sun, setting up a complex series of future orbits that will ...