The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
NASA’s latest alert about a near‑Earth asteroid has revived a familiar mix of anxiety and curiosity about what would happen if a space rock really were on a collision course with our planet. The ...
What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This is what a recent study published in The ...
It's not often that a deep-space robotic explorer swings back by its home planet, but NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission did just that, completing a dramatic slingshot past Earth before racing toward its next ...
NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission executed an Earth flyby successfully on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, to position the craft on a course for a future rendezvous with the possibly hazardous asteroid Apophis, ...
These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 encounter with Apophis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
The space rock is hurtling through our cosmic backyard at a zippy 26,200 miles per hour, according to the space agency.