On Friday, April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will fly record-breakingly close to Earth. Despite the reputation of the date ...

NASA has confirmed that the 1,200-foot Apophis asteroid — one of the largest near-Earth objects ever tracked — will pass ...

Ninety percent of the world's population could glimpse asteroid Apophis during its once-in-a-millennium close approach to ...

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it's a once-in-a-millennium planetary experiment.

Three years ahead of asteroid Apophis's close but safe pass by Earth, scientists have already charted exactly when and where ...

On April 13, 2029, the asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an astonishing close pass to Earth, just 32,000 kilometers away! This event, visible to millions across Europe, Africa, and western Asia, ...

The skyscraper-sized asteroid Apophis will safely pass Earth on April 13, 2029, offering billions of people worldwide a rare ...

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high above the planet. That object is Apophis, an asteroid once treated as a ...

What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This is what a recent study published in The ...

Photo of asteroid 4179 Toutatis taken by China's Chang'e-2 spacecraft during a 2012 flyby mission Credit: Yun Jiang, Jianghui Ji, Jiangchuan Huang, Simone Marchi, Yuan Li and Wing-Huen Ip (CC BY 4.0) ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...