We’ve enjoyed a number of celestial spectacles in recent years – from total solar eclipses to stunning auroras – and yet, soon Earth will witness the space event to trump them all.In the next five ...

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 ...

Apophis will miss the Earth," he told Space.com via email. Although Apophis will not hit Earth anytime soon, the asteroid will make a close encounter with our planet on April 13, ...

Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th While the chances of an impact are slightly higher than we thought, the odds are still about one-in-2 ...

Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of our planet’s surface on April 13 2029. The menacing asteroid will harmlessly pass by, astronomers say. Apophis measures nearly a quarter of a ...

The proposed national US budget for 2026 contains a few nasty surprises for NASA, and some serious disappointments—among them ...

The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth in 2029 was ...

Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029. Skip to main content.

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 ...

Apophis, which measures about 1,100 feet across, originated about 4.6 billion years ago in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It is an S-class asteroid, ...

Apophis is an Aten-type potentially hazardous asteroid with a diameter of 370 metres. It was discovered at Kitt Peak on June 19, 2004. Apophis makes a close approach to Earth on March 6th, ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, after which NASA says it was put on the list of most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth. A potential hit from the 1,100-foot asteroid could kill 10 ...