Asteroid Apophis is ready for its close-up—but are we? In 2029 the sizeable space rock will swing by our planet within one tenth of the Earth-moon distance. Scientists and engineers are now racing ...

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In 2029, the asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth closer than many communication satellites, turning a once-feared impact ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...

The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out. After its discovery in 2004, asteroid 99942 Apophis had been ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid’s closest approach. The blue dots are the many man-made satellites that orbit our planet, and the ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft has captured breathtaking images of Earth as it passed by the planet on September 23, 2025, ...