NASA has confirmed that the Apophis asteroid, dubbed the 'God of Chaos', will make a historic close approach to Earth.

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high above the planet. That object is Apophis, an asteroid once treated as a ...

A rare asteroid will soon be visible to the naked eye in a rare celestial event, according to astronomers. Asteroid 99942 Apophis – named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire – is ...

Close approach expected in 2029 at about 32,000 kilometers above Earth; 'something like this has not been recorded in human history' ...

Apophis These images of asteroid Apophis were recorded in March 2021 by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

Three years from now, on Friday, April 13, 2029, a chunk of rock roughly the size of a skyscraper will thread the gap between Earth and the ring of communications satellites orbiting above it. The ...

Space.com said Apophis will be closer than satellites when it flies over Europe and Africa in what is being called a “true once-in-a-lifetime event.” It happens only once in every few thousands years.