Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...

Asteroid Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, but scientists have confirmed there's no threat of a collision. Find out ...

Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and even collide with an asteroid that is making a very close flyby of ...

Japan plans to join a European Space Agency mission to observe an asteroid set for a close flyby of Earth in 2029, a source ...

Planetary defence has become a critical global effort, uniting space agencies like NASA, JAXA, ESA, and ISRO to detect, track ...

In 2029, Apophis is expected to come uncomfortably close, brushing past the Earth at a distance of just 18,000 miles. That will put the asteroid inside the orbit of communication satellites.

These radar images of asteroid Apophis were recorded when the space rock was q7 million kilometers away, and each pixel has a resolution of 38.75 meters. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO ...

Astronomers tracking the potentially dangerous asteroid Apophis made a major breakthrough in January, snapping the first pictures of the space rock in more than three years, researchers announced ...

The asteroid known as 99942 Apophis has been considered one of the most hazardous asteroids – with the potential to impact Earth since its discovery in 2004. Now, scientists have removed it from ...

NASA: Asteroid Apophis to come ‘close’ to Earth says expert NASA is already gearing up for the flyby of the asteroid Apophis on April 13, 2029, despite it being almost a decade away.

That's when Near-Earth Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes in front of a star and is visible, so says the Observatoire de Paris, along a path traced from roughly the north-west to the south-east of the US.

Chinese researchers have revealed plans to divert the asteroid Apophis -- which may well collide with Earth in a couple decades -- by smashing a kamikaze solar sail into it.