Ninety percent of the world's population could glimpse asteroid Apophis during its once-in-a-millennium close approach to ...

A massive asteroid named Apophis will safely pass close to Earth in 2029, creating the first opportunity in human history to ...

Rare images taken by a Japanese space probe during a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid have revealed that the space rock ...

Giant asteroid 1997 NC1, possibly up to a mile wide, will safely pass Earth this weekend, with live online streams on Friday, ...

A Japanese space probe performed a flyby of a near-Earth asteroid on Sunday in a test mission for technology that could help ...

On Sunday, an aging Japanese spacecraft named Hayabusa2, which completed its initial sample-return objective more than half a ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 asteroid probe got up close to asteroid Torifune on July 5 and captured stunning new images of the ...

An Aramaic inscription found at Zerzevan Castle documents the closure of a Mithras temple. This ancient text provides rare ...

Having already delivered samples of the asteroid Ryugu to Earth, Hayabusa2 will soon attempt one of the closest, riskiest ...

Japan's space agency has released images of an asteroid called Torifune captured by a probe while conducting a flyby.

Japan's Hayabusa2 space probe made what is believed to be a close flyby of the asteroid Torifune on Sunday, the country's space agenc ...

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft has captured a close-up image of asteroid Torifune, a rare two-lobed space rock, during its ...