On July 28, 2025—an asteroid roughly 230 feet across (think the size of a large airplane) named 2025 OW will zip past Earth ...

A large asteroid named 2025 OW will pass by Earth on 28 July at a distance of about 393,000 miles, travelling at nearly ...

The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth in 2029 was ...

Asteroid 2025 OU1, about 140 feet in diameter, will safely pass Earth in 2025. While it poses no immediate threat, scientists ...

The asteroid Apophis is due to make a close approach to Earth this week, and scientists are preparing to observe the flyby. The space rock, thought to be between 310 and 680 meters ...

In just nine years, potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis will come to within 19,000 miles (31,000 kilometers) of our planet. At one-tenth the distance between Earth and the Moon, that’s ...

The asteroid Apophis, the potentially hazardous space rock due to pass close to Earth next month, has been photographed by a ground-based telescope project.. The image was captured by the Elena ...

If an asteroid as large as Apophis struck Earth it would be a once-in-80,000 years event—and an epic disaster. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions ...

Asteroid & Comet Missions Europe wants to land a tiny spacecraft on the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029. Stargazing House-sized asteroid will pass within 72,000 miles of Earth on May 21.

Asteroid Apophis (circled) as it appeared during its discovery in 2004. Image: UH/IA. Tholen, along with Davide Farnocchia from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, crunched the new numbers ...

Astronomers say they'll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068.

The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds that such an impact would send it hurtling toward Earth in 2029 was ...