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

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Could a collision with another object in space set massive asteroid Apophis on a collision course with our planet? This question has been on many minds over the past two decades, but new research ...

The asteroid Apophis, infamous because it's headed to brush past Earth in 2029, most likely isn't something to worry about, a new study finds. This space rock, scientists calculated, will not collide ...

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

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 ...

Among astronomers both professional and amateur, perhaps no asteroid is more notorious than Apophis. If you've heard of Apophis, then you're likely aware of the reputation it gained upon its discovery ...

Fresh off its historic mission to collect samples from an asteroid in deep space, NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has its newest assignment: studying another asteroid during its close encounter with ...

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