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

The Earth is spinning slightly faster than before, and that means our days are becoming shorter by a tiny fraction of a ...

Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th While the chances of an impact are slightly higher than we thought, the odds are still about one-in-2 ...

Apophis to make 2029 flyby to Earth Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of our planet’s surface on April 13, 2029. For the superstitious lot, yes, that's a Friday, no less.

Earth's rotation is currently speeding up, leading to slightly shorter days, a trend that began around 2020. Scientists ...

As Apophis passes closer to Earth than geosynchronous satellites in April 2029, the asteroid will hopefully be tracked by a new ESA mission called Ramses.

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors and landslides that totally change the asteroid's surface.

In April 2029, a 20-million ton asteroid once thought to pose a potentially catastrophic collision risk with the Earth will fly by our home. Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil ...

On April 13th, 2029, the asteroid known as Apophis will pass by Earth at a distance of just 19,000 miles. For a bit of context, the Moon is somewhere between 225,000 and 252,000 miles away at any ...

An artist's impression shows asteroids passing close to Earth. Asteroid Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth on April 13, 2029. mikdam/Getty. Using computational models based on similar ...

In 2021, NASA released an analysis of Apophis’ trajectory, concluding that the asteroid doesn’t pose a threat to Earth in the immediate future. While there will be close passes in 2029 and ...