A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist.NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

University of Maryland students are racing to build a spacecraft to study an asteroid that will pass closer to Earth in 2029.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos, will make a close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, passing within 20,000 miles and becoming visible to the naked eye. Astronomers are ...

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high above the planet. That object is Apophis, an asteroid once treated as a ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

Three years from now, on Friday, April 13, 2029, a chunk of rock roughly the size of a skyscraper will thread the gap between Earth and the ring of communications satellites orbiting above it. The ...

In April 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass Earth at a distance that sounds almost unreal on paper. About 20,000 miles away from the surface, close enou.

The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around 20,000 miles from Earth's surface on April 13, 2029—closer than many satellites ...

Scientists gear up to explain significance of event while preventing public panic over unfounded fears of an asteroid strike ...