If you were worried about asteroid 99942 Apophis hitting the Earth in 2068, you can relax for at least another century. A new survey has confirmed that the probability of it colliding with us then ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis has been considered one of the most hazardous asteroids with the potential to impact Earth since its discovery in 2004. Now, scientists have revised that opinion after a ...

An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed. Scientifically known as 99942 Apophis, the massive, 1,120-foot-wide space rock ...

For its current sojourn around the Sun, asteroid 99942 Apophis will make its closest approach to Earth on March 6, 2021, during which time it will come to within 10.5 million miles (16.9 million ...

The agency announced on Thursday that asteroid 99942 Apophis, which was identified in 2004, will not pose a risk to Earth for at least 100 years. When it was first discovered, ...

Although there’s no danger to Earth this time, the once-a-decade flyby of the infamous near-Earth asteroid Apophis—officially called 99942 Apophis and named after the Egyptian god of chaos ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, known as the 'God of Chaos,' will make a close approach to Earth in April 2029. Although it poses no immediate threat, NASA plans to study it using the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft.

One of the most celebrated space rocks, the asteroid known as Apophis, will make a return to Earth’s vicinity this week. This space rock is some 1,213 feet in length and was discovered in ...

A new study looking at the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis has suggested that the odds of an impact in 2029 or 2036 is ever so slightly higher than we thought.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is fast approaching our home planet for an uncomfortably close encounter in 2029. In order to prepare for the rare event, NASA is calling for ideas for low cost missions to ...