Apophis is more than 300 meters across, at least when seen from some angles, and in 2029 it will fly just 31,000 km from the Earth. A flyby that close, of an object that large, only comes around ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space Explorers. It was backed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

In this digital rendering, OSIRIS-REx extends its sampling arm as it moves in to make contact with the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Goddard Dante Lauretta grew up hiking and camping in the Arizona desert ...

International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence is the unique occasion of the close approach of 99942 Apophis in 2029 for a worldwide campaign to raise awareness regarding asteroids ...

Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery Hale revolutionized American astronomy by, among other things, championing the construction of ever-larger telescopes. He established Mount Wilson ...

Looking ahead, the UN has declared 2029 the International Year of Asteroid Awareness and Planetary Defence. Interestingly, its the same year when the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis will make a ...

In the next seven years, Earth will have a close shave with two asteroids - Apophis and Asteroid YR4 2024. In 2029, 99942 Apophis will fly by at an eerily close distance and will be visible even to ...

Zooming in on Bennu samples A top-down view of one of the containers holding rocks and dust from asteroid Bennu, with hardware scale marked in centimeters. This image was captured using manual ...

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