A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in 2029. The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for ...

God of Chaos asteroid Apophis will make a close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. The asteroid, measuring about 340 meters wide, will not pose a threat to the planet. Instead, this flyby will give ...

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — An asteroid the size of ...

The European Space Agency is sending a probe to intercept an asteroid that will swing uncomfortably close to Earth on a Friday the 13th in 2029. The Ramses mission will fly alongside the asteroid ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 rocket as a launch vehicle, a Japanese space agency official ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

Commercial deep-space mission operator ExLabs has selected SpacePilot autonomous software for the 2029 Apophis asteroid ...

It's not often that a deep-space robotic explorer swings back by its home planet, but NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission did just that, completing a dramatic slingshot past Earth before racing toward its next ...

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) — An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass by a star and be visible from Earth on Sunday. But have no fear, there is no danger of it hitting our planet. With asteroid ...