The asteroid 99942 Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos" for its menacing potential, is making headlines once more. As Earth ...

In just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) asteroid named after ... no less — when Apophis, formally known as (99942) Apophis, makes its closest approach to Earth, it ...

Apophis is set to fly past the Earth on April 13, 2029, and return every few years into the distant future. But scientists ...

Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was "safe" from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least. Nasa had deemed Apophis to be one of ...

ESA's Space Safety program has received permission to begin preparatory work for the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), aimed at studying asteroid 99942 Apophis. The Shoemaker-Levy 9 ...

It will be captured using a robotic telescope in Manciano, Tuscany, Italy. On Apr. 13, 2029, asteroid Apophis, measuring about 1,230 feet (375 meters), will make a close pass of 19,635 miles ...

In 2029, Apophis will pass 38,000 kilometers away from the Earth MOSCOW, January 25. /TASS/. The rapprochement of the asteroid Apophis with the Earth expected in 2068 will pose practically no ...

The agency has announced an analysis of the trajectory of Apophis, a near-earth asteroid. Apophis, a 1,100-foot asteroid, was thought a possible and worrying candidate for terrestrial collision ...

New observations have found that the Apophis or ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid, which is the size of three football fields, is speeding up due to the Yarkovsky effect. This is when the asteroid heats ...

New observations have been able to determine that the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another 100 years. This officially rules out all doomsday ...