A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist.NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

The asteroid, named Apophis, will pass around 20,000 miles from Earth's surface on April 13, 2029—closer than many satellites ...

The giant asteroid Apophis will make a historically close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. Scientists have ruled out any risk of Apophis hitting Earth for at least the next century. The 2029 flyby ...

Infrared space telescope: NASA's NEO Surveyor, launching in 2027, will detect hard-to-spot asteroids from the Sun-Earth L1 point using advanced infrared sensors. Moon debris danger: A study warns that ...

ESA's planned Ramses mission would arrive at the asteroid Apophis two months before the asteroid's April 2029 close flyby of Earth. Credit: ESA WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency and Japan ...

People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.

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

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history.

As of April 13, an infamous giant asteroid known as Apophis is now three years away from becoming the first space rock of its size to come near Earth in recorded human history. Roughly the size of ...