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 ...

A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth. Scientists have revealed that the historic planetary event will be ...

For nearly 20 years, scientists have known an asteroid named Apophis will pass unusually close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029. But most officials at the world's space agencies stopped paying much ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...

To be clear: The asteroid is not going to hit us. There was a while there when it seemed like it could. Suffice to say those were heady days in the asteroid-tracking community. But as of March 2021, ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is fast approaching our home planet for an uncomfortably close encounter in 2029. In order to prepare for the rare event, NASA is calling for ideas for low cost missions to ...

The asteroid, which was once thought to be a risk to Earth in 2029, was the perfect test subject during its recent close approach. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

The OSIRIS-REX spacecraft, which collected samples from the asteroid Bennu, would visit a second space rock, Apophis. By Jonathan O’Callaghan First it punched an asteroid. Now, a NASA spacecraft’s ...