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

Last month, an asteroid impacted Earth's atmosphere just hours after being detected — somehow, it managed to circumvent ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

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

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

ELON Musk’s web of satellites makes it harder to detect dangerous near-Earth asteroids, scientists have warned. The number of ...

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

Four "potentially hazardous" space rocks, which are between 100 and 580 feet across, will all make their closest approaches to Earth within less than 12 hours of one another on Thursday (Oct. 24). Two ...

Asteroids that regularly fly between Earth, Venus and Mars could provide radiation shielding for human missions to explore ...

Four asteroids - 2002 NV16, 2015 HM1, 2024 TP17, and 2024 TR6 - will be skimming past Earth today, but scientists say there's ...

Four large asteroids will make their closest approaches to Earth on Thursday, each passing by the planet within a 24-hour time frame. Two had already zipped past early in the morning, according to ...

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