99942 Apophis, its official cosmic moniker, was spotted back in 2004 and at one point in 2017, it was believed to have a 2.7% chance of smashing into our world in 2029. Expert stargazers later ...

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, a renamed version of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, is set to rendezvous with Apophis in June 2029. The spacecraft will map the asteroid’s surface and analyze its ...

Instead of reaching Apophis after its close flyby of Earth, they could get there months beforehand. This would allow us to map Apophis in its pristine state, before Earth’s gravity potentially ...

NASA and the European Space Agency also plan to send uncrewed spacecraft to observe Apophis in the years ahead to map and study its surface to gain further insights into near-Earth asteroids.

But what those confirmations didn’t take into account was whether or not Apophis would collide with other asteroids along the way. Obviously, if the giant asteroid Apophis were to collide with ...

The threat from space rock 2024 YR4 has surpassed that of Apophis, an asteroid feared by scientists 20 years ago. The danger remains low, but experts are estimating the damage that could be done.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. When scientists first discovered the asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, they also ...

Instead of reaching Apophis after its close flyby of Earth, they could get there months beforehand. This would allow us to map Apophis in its pristine state, before Earth’s gravity potentially ...

Instead of reaching Apophis after its close flyby of Earth, they could get there months beforehand. This would allow us to map Apophis in its pristine state, before Earth’s gravity potentially alters ...