University of Maryland students are racing to build a spacecraft to study an asteroid that will pass closer to Earth in 2029.

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest known flybys of a large asteroid in modern history. It is expected to pass so near Earth that it will be closer than many satellites, creating a ...

NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the ...

An asteroid roughly the size of one to two school buses will fly by Earth, according to the European Space Agency.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of pictures as practice for the main encounter in 2029.

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A newly discovered asteroid is on course to pass closer to Earth than many orbiting satellites next Monday. Here's what to ...

A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, coming about 20,000 miles from the planet's surface. That ...

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A new asteroid named 2026 JH2 is getting ready to fly very near Earth, safely, and some astronauts all over the world are now watching it closely. It will pass near the Earth on May 18, 2026, at a ...