As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

Don't panic, but the odds of a massive asteroid named Apophis smashing into Earth just ... in the far off year of 2029. The odds are less than one in a billion, fortunately, and would require ...

If an asteroid were to fly through the keyhole at the right time, it could alter its orbit. It was thought initially that, when Apophis was set to fly past Earth in 2029, it could fly through the ...

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 ...

Related: Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us? As to why Apophis is an apt target for a planetary defense study? Well, discovered in 2004 ...

Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it ...

an impact from an asteroid of Apophis' size could kill 10 million people. While Apophis won't hit Earth when it approaches on April 13, 2029, NASA said it will be visible to residents in the ...

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an asteroid or comet. He led the establishment of the Planetary Defense ...

As the asteroid lines up for a planetary flyby in 2029, space agencies are coordinating to conduct some groundbreaking ...

Apophis, a large asteroid measuring 340-450 meters, will pass within 37,000 kilometers of Earth in April 2029. Though visible to the naked eye, the chance of collision remains low. Research ...

potentially shaking the asteroid like an earthquake. Apophis, which is scheduled to fly by Earth on April 13, 2029, is a massive ‘city-killer’ roughly the size of the Empire State Building.