In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance ...

In just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis, will pass within 30,000 miles (48,300 kilometers ...

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 ...

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 ...

when Asteroid Apophis—at about 1,230 feet (375 meters) across, larger than 90% of space rocks—safely passes our planet. It will pass just 19,635 miles (31,600 kilometers) from Earth’s ...

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according to Space.com. There's no cause for concern – at least not yet.

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 ...

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 ...

Some are particularly dangerous like the Apophis asteroid — God of Chaos — that is supposed whiz past earth in 2029. There is another asteroid which is half the size of Mount Everest and is ...

TASS/. Passage of the Apophis asteroid near Earth in August 2020 is not dangerous for humankind. The passage of the asteroid in 2029 won’t be threatening either, Vice President of the Russian ...