One of the most closely watched space rocks in the solar system is set to make an extraordinarily close approach to Earth ...

The chances of the asteroid Apophis hitting Earth in 2036 are lower than we thought. But those worried about deep impacts should add a new entry to their calendar: 2068. When Apophis was first spotted ...

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 ...

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 ...

An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, ...

YOU’D think that by now we’d have a firm grip on the trajectory of the solar system’s most worrisome chunk of rock. In fact we have only a hazy understanding of how likely the asteroid Apophis is to ...

During this completely safe pass, asteroid Apophis will appear to the naked eye as a small white dot, slowly crossing the ...

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 ...