The OSIRIS-Rex mission to the asteroid Bennu successfully wrapped up a few months back when the spacecraft returned to near-Earth space and dropped off a package filled with tiny asteroid rocks. While ...

On Friday, 13, 2029, Earth will have a fascinating and intimidating visitor in the form of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis. The asteroid — named after the Egyptian serpent god of chaos and ...

(NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out. Not only ...

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Back in 2004 the world kept its breath for a little while as astronomers discovered a piece of space rock that was believed at the time had a pretty strong shot of hitting Earth. The rock is called ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. After a nearly 4 billion-mile round trip, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft ...

Answer: There was some concern a few years ago when asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004. Astronomers have gotten better orbit tracking data since then and they now call it a “near miss.” They say ...

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NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft has captured breathtaking images of Earth as it passed by the planet on September 23, 2025, using a gravity-assist maneuver to speed its journey toward Apophis, a ...