A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, coming about 20,000 miles from the planet's surface. That ...

An asteroid the size of three football fields will pass near Earth in three years, giving scientists a rare chance to study a colossal space rock from close range. Named Apophis — after the ancient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of ...

This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

NASA has confirmed that the Apophis asteroid, dubbed the 'God of Chaos', will make a historic close approach to Earth.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

NASA put the completed Janus spacecraft into long-term storage with the hopes of potentially flying them on a future mission. Credit: Lockheed Martin WASHINGTON — Scientists are urging NASA to act ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...

The asteroid has a mean diameter of 1,115 feet and was first discovered on June 19, 2004.