A quarter-mile-wide asteroid named for an ancient Egyptian god of chaos is on course to swing past Earth closer than the ring ...

In a little less than three years, a massive asteroid will make a record-setting flyby of Earth and, as it does, skywatchers with clear skies can watch it happen with their own eyes. On Friday, April ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size ...

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back in 2004, their early calculations showed a small, but ...

The asteroid Apophis, named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, has been dubbed the "most dangerous in ...

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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 ...

NASA's so-called "doomsday asteroid" Apophis - named after the ancient Egyptian god of chaos - is set to pass Earth closer ...

There are literally thousands of asteroids circling around our planet in the vast solar system of ours, going about their business at various distances from our planet. Only one of them sends shivers ...

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

Apophis will make an exceptionally close but safe pass by Earth on April 13, 2029. Its path will dip inside the altitude of many geosynchronous satellites, creating a comparison that sounds alarming ...