NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft dropped this capsule in the Utah desert. The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx did not return to earth but continued onto a new mission to explore the asteroid Apophis. The capsule......
Apophis, an asteroid with an estimated diameter of almost three football fields (270m), will make its close approach to Earth this week. Slooh Space Camera will cover its near-approach on January......
The Earth may witness a doomsday catastrophe as early as 2036, as scientists are predicting that a massive asteroid, travelling at the speed of 23,000 miles per hour, to slam into the planet. If......
There is some good news and some bad news for doomsday pundits. The chances of asteroid Apophis colliding with Earth in 2036 have been reduced, but a new impact possibility of the same asteroid has......
A space expert has suggested setting up a system, on the lines of the tsunami warning system, to give advance information about asteroids approaching very close to the earth. Though the chances of......