A surprising discovery has been made by the Planetary Defense Team that detected the 40,000th Near-Earth Asteroid whose path ...

Asteroid Apophis will make a historic close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, passing within 32,000 kilometers. While ...

New observations of 3I/ATLAS provide real data that scientists are using to evaluate asteroid behavior ahead of Apophis’ 2029 ...

One of the NEAs, 99942 Apophis, which was discovered in 2004, is arriving on (of all the freaking dates) Friday the 13th in ...

Apophis was first discovered in 2004, and initial calculations suggested a small chance of collision with Earth in 2029. Over the years, astronomers have refined their models, and as of now, they have ...

On April 13, 2029, Apophis will not only come alarmingly close to our planet but will also be influenced by Earth's gravitational pull. This interaction is expected to deform the asteroid slightly and ...

In 2029, the world will witness a rare celestial event when the asteroid Apophis, a 375-meter-wide asteroid. flies by Earth ...

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

The infinite cosmos is a dangerous place brimming with threatening space rocks that, at any moment, could be discovered on a treacherous collision course with Earth. Just ask the dinosaurs. The ...

Harvard's Avi Loeb warns that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS defies standard physics, raising the stakes for planetary defence ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The asteroid 99942 Apophis is headed for a close flyby with Earth on April 13, 2029, and space agencies ...