What to know about Apophis: City-killing asteroid to make close flyby to Earth in 2029 Astronomers can observe Apophis again in 2027. It won't be for three years until astronomers will be able to ...

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

Rocky Future Don't panic, but the odds of a massive asteroid named Apophis smashing into Earth just got a little bit higher. Originally projected to harmlessly fly past us in a close approach, a ...

The good news? The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth ...

It won't hit Earth after all After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth. Space ...

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 ...

The chances of a roughly 3-meter-wide asteroid hitting Apophis and putting it on a collision course with Earth in 2029 were 1 in 2 billion. An illustration of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection ...

Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

The asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth on Friday the 13th in April of 2029. ... It's designed to track asteroids and comets. The target launch date is late 2027.

Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

There's a chance that the 1,100 foot long asteroid Apophis could hit our planet after ... Will This Killer Asteroid Hit Earth in 2029? ... observing it with telescopes won't be possible until 2027.

Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.