Asteroid Apophis, or "God of Chaos," will pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. This rare encounter offers scientists a ...

When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists consider the chance extremely small.

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis.

There is probably no better example of the destructive power of space rocks upon our planet than the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs along with three-quarters of Earth's plant and animal species ...

These four rock stars are embarking on a world tour. NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to ...

If one 'city killer' asteroid skimming past Earth seems like enough of a worry, NASA's latest warning might be quite distressing. Today, four 'potentially hazardous' space rocks will careen by ...

Related: Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth Wiegert explained that Trojan asteroids are space rocks that share a planet's orbit, either ...

The first near-Earth asteroid which is the smallest of the group at around 100 feet across, came within 3.4 million miles of us. The latter, a 170-foot-wide boulder, reached within 2.9 million miles.

It will be quickly followed by the 150-foot-wide (46 m) asteroid 2024 TR6, which will come within 3.5 million miles (5.6 million km) of Earth at 15:51 p.m. UTC (11:51 a.m. EDT). Two of the four ...