In 2029, the asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth closer than many communication satellites, turning a once-feared impact threat into a rare natural experiment in planetary defense. As space agencies ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass by a star and be visible from Earth on Sunday. But have no fear, there is no danger of it hitting our planet. With asteroid ...

What can the close flyby of the asteroid 99942 Adophis to Earth in 2029 teach scientists about the interiors of asteroids and other planetary bodies? This is what a recent study published in The ...

In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it's a once-in-a-millennium planetary experiment. When you purchase through links on our ...

In four years, on 13 April 2029 to be exact, a large asteroid named Apophis will fly by Earth just 32,000 kilometres above the surface. Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 YR4 ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office We are fewer than four years away from what may be the most significant ...

TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency ...

The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan. 10). The chances of an ...

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

NASA put the completed Janus spacecraft into long-term storage with the hopes of potentially flying them on a future mission. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — Scientists are urging NASA to act ...