The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029. While new findings suggest a slim chance of collision, the odds remain ...

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its effort to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of the space ...

Apophis will be closer, according to NASA, than any similarly sized potentially hazardous object has ever been in recorded history. From certain vantage points — alas, not Long Island ...

NASA released a request for information (RFI) Aug. 30 seeking input on concepts to use the Janus spacecraft, currently in storage, to visit the asteroid Apophis ahead of that asteroid’s close ...

Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029 but ... meaning the risk is negligible. NASA’s ongoing efforts continue to monitor these objects and search for other potentially hazardous asteroids.

(NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

Asteroids frequently brush past our planet. However, Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos," may well write a new chapter in this story. NASA and ESA are closely monitoring this celestial object.

NASA plans to blast “planet killer” asteroids with a 1,000-strong army of spacecraft – or even a nuke. The space agency ...