The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Scientists have recently identified one of the most threatening asteroids ever discovered,99942 Apophis. Measuring about 370 ...

NASA has identified a 210-foot, airplane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today, although scientists assure it will not ...

Asteroid 2022 YS5, a building-sized space rock, will safely pass Earth on July 17, prompting NASA and ISRO to emphasize the ...

Apophis asteroid: Doomsday delayed… again. Share using Email. Share on Twitter. Share on Facebook Share on Linkedin (Image credit: SPL) By Quentin Cooper 18th November 2014.

A massive asteroid named Apophis after the Egyptian god of chaos will safely pass Earth - but experts warn it could still collide with Earth in 2068. The 1,115ft (340 metre) ...

In just nine years, potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis will come to within 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers) of our planet. At one-tenth the distance between Earth and the Moon, that’s ...

Astronomers will continue to keep a close eye on Apophis. There next big chance to study it closely will be in April 2029 when the asteroid is expected to come around 19,600 miles away from Earth.

Apophis is a on trajectory towards an Earth flyby on April 13, 2029. When it was first discovered in 2004, the 1,100-foot-wide (335 meters) near-Earth object was designated as a hazardous asteroid ...

An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed. Scientifically known as 99942 Apophis, the massive, 1,120-foot-wide space rock will… ...