Asteroid Apophis doesn’t currently pose a threat to Earth when it passes by in a few years, but an astrophysicist has ...

Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be ...

Apophis will come close enough to Earth to be seen with the naked eye in 2029, but a chance encounter with another asteroid ...

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...

Asteroid Apophis was initially discovered in 2004 and immediately became a talking point as potentially hazardous asteroids, ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

On Friday, 13, 2029, Earth will have a fascinating and intimidating visitor in the form of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis. The asteroid — named after the Egyptian serpent god of chaos ...

Asteroids frequently brush past our planet. However, Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos," may well write a new chapter in this ...

Paul Wiegert, an astronomer at Canada's Western University, has published a study in The Planetary Science Journal warning ...