The "God of Chaos" asteroid might be on a collision path with Earth after all, in a chilling update to previous assessments that dismissed the threat. 99942 Apophis, its official cosmic moniker ...

In 2029, Earth will have a hair-raisingly close encounter with asteroid 99942 Apophis, a colossal space rock that could wreak havoc if it were to hit us—but it’ll come shockingly close.

Read the latest. The risk that an increasingly ominous asteroid dubbed 2024 YR4 will crash into Earth in seven years now exceeds the threat once posed by the infamous Apophis. While YR4 still has ...