Since astronomers discovered in 2004 that Apophis—(99942) Apophis—is a potentially dangerous asteroid expected to pass very close to Earth in 2029, 2036, 2068, 2085, and 2088 according to ...

Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...

In reality, even as the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 was moving away, ground-based telescopes were able to gather enough observations to get a better handle on its orbit. So we can safely take a deep ...

While the team works on this, NASA's OSIRIS-REx has been renamed OSIRIS-APEX, and will attempt to get up close to asteroid 99942 Apophis following a close encounter by the asteroid with Earth in 2029.

SOME astronomical events we see often, like shooting stars, but these are only a fraction of the dazzling celestial wonders occurring over the vast expanse of time. However, there are still four ...

Yes, astronomers point to asteroid 99942 Apophis, 1,099 feet wide and first identified in 2004. According to NASA officials, at the time of its initial sighting, Apophis was one of the most ...

Fortunately, this is why we know that we don’t have to worry about asteroid 99942 Apophis, as it is officially known, for at least the next century. When it was first discovered, its orbit was ...