NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has an historic opportunity to closely observe the asteroid Apophis and improve our ability to defend against future asteroid threats, but government budget cuts are ...

In five years, as the asteroid Apophis - nicknamed the "God of Chaos" - passes close to Earth, scientists predict that the planet's gravity could trigger "astroquakes" on the asteroid's surface ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats in the future.

Apophis, the 'god of destruction' asteroid, may be significantly altered when it makes a close flyby of Earth in 2029.

A close flyby of an asteroid as large as Apophis happens only once every 5,000 to 10,000 years. Scientists plan to learn all they can.

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will offer lessons in defending the planet from future cosmic threats.

The asteroid Apophis will pass closely by Earth in 2029 If an unlikely series of events occurs, it could be on a collision course The odds of Apophis hitting our planet are roughly one in two billion ...

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid’s closest approach. The blue dots are the many man-made satellites that orbit our planet, and ...

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