An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

NASA revealed that 'Asteroid 99942 Apophis' is a near-Earth object (NEO) which is likely to be about 335 meters across. It is ...

Humans might be worried about what the potentially hazardous, near-Earth asteroid Apophis may do to our planet once it makes ...

Discovered in 2004, the 450-meter-wide asteroid will pass remarkably close to Earth on April 13, 2029, offering a unique ...

Observers in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to see the asteroid streak across the sky with the naked eye. NASA plans to ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

Nasa's Near-Earth Object Studies Center has been closely observing Asteroid Apophis for nearly two decades. Scientists ...