On April 13, 2029, an asteroid wide enough to cover several city blocks will sweep past the planet at a distance smaller than ...

Apophis will pass about 38,000 kilometers from Earth in 2029, giving scientists a rare chance to watch a large asteroid react ...

On a Friday evening in the spring of 2029, an asteroid roughly the size of three football fields will slide past Earth closer than many of the satellites now orbiting overhead. Named Apophis after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size ...

One of planetary defense's biggest opportunities will come as the asteroid Apophis makes its tight flyby of our planet on April 13, 2029.

In 1,000 days, on April 13, 2029, the near-Earth asteroid Apophis will make one of the closest flybys of a large asteroid ever predicted with certainty.

Is asteroid Apophis ever going to hit Earth? For a while, people had reason to worry. When astronomers first spotted it back ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

A large asteroid about the size of the Eiffel Tower is expected to come unusually close to Earth in 2029, but there is no risk of impact, scientists said. The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around ...

As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size to come near Earth in recorded human history. Roughly the size of ...