Apophis will pass about 38,000 kilometers from Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch a large asteroid react ...

Space agencies around the globe are coordinating missions to visit the asteroid Apophis during a close encounter with Earth in 2029 ...

On a Friday evening in the spring of 2029, an asteroid roughly the size of three football fields will slide past Earth closer ...

'God of Chaos' asteroid is coming sooner than you think - and 7.6 billion people will see it ...

One of planetary defense's biggest opportunities will come as the asteroid Apophis makes its tight flyby of our planet on April 13, 2029.

In 2029, asteroid Apophis is set to make a close approach to Earth, presenting scientists with an exceptional chance for observation. NASA's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft will investigate how this encounter ...

In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest flybys of a large asteroid ever predicted with certainty.

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back ...

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 ...

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 ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office We are fewer than four years away from what may be the most significant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size ...