The discovery of the Yarkovsky effect means that there’s still a possibility that the Apophis asteroid may hit Earth in 2068. The Apophis asteroid — named after the God of Chaos — is getting ...

The Ramses mission will rendezvous with Apophis in February 2029, two months before its closest approach to Earth on Friday, ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942 ... and 2068. Until recently, there was a small chance that Apophis could collide ...

When asteroid 99942 Apophis flies closely past Earth in 2029, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies is likely to dramatically alter the asteroid's surface. That's the conclusion of ...

A new study looking at the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis has suggested that the ... as well as in 2036 and ...

NASA revealed that 'Asteroid 99942 Apophis' is a near-Earth ... a collision course with Earth in 2029, 2036 or 2068. Highlighting that asteroid Apophis will be the closest to our planet in 2029 ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos" for its ... the asteroid poses no threat for at least the next century.

When asteroid 99942 Apophis flies closely past Earth in 2029, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies is likely to dramatically alter the asteroid's surface. That's the conclusion of an ...