A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike ...

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by ...

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but ...

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

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

Once feared to pose a threat to Earth, asteroid Apophis is now a subject of immense scientific interest. Discovered in 2004, ...

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...