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

During this completely safe pass, asteroid Apophis will appear to the naked eye as a small white dot, slowly crossing the ...

Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in ...

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

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

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

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

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft is preparing for one of the most daring close encounters ever attempted with an asteroid. On ...

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

Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is said to make a close call early next week, flying by Earth, but rather ...

Giant asteroid 1997 NC1, possibly up to a mile wide, will safely pass Earth this weekend, with live online streams on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27.