New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

Asteroids safely fly by Earth all the time. Here’s why scientists are watching Apophis. A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029.

As Apophis passes closer to Earth than geosynchronous satellites in April 2029, the asteroid will hopefully be tracked by a new ESA mission called Ramses.

A huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be close enough to study, so scientists are getting ready.

When a massive asteroid whizzes just past Earth in a few years − at a distance 10 times closer than the moon − a space mission will be ready to greet the big rock, and send it on its way.. The ...

Asteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts that could race to meet the space rock in April 2029.

The asteroid Apophis, once considered a possible collision risk with Earth, will pass close but harmlessly in 2029. Scientists say its close approach could provide valuable information about the ...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists Lance Benner, Paul Chodas and Mark Haynes are studying the 1,100-foot wide asteroid Apophis, which will come within viewing distance of Earth on April 13, 2029.

A 1,110-foot-wide asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos (and possibly a Stargate SG-1 character) will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance of some orbiting spacecraft, according to ...

A space rock the size of a cruise liner will have a close encounter with Earth in April 2029. While the asteroid Apophis won’t hit Earth, NASA and ESA are both planning missions to tag along.

T he European Space Agency is fast-tracking a new mission called Ramses, which will fly to near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis and join the space rock in 2029 when it comes very close to our planet ...