The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

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

The space rock is expected to make its closest approach at around 848,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA.

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high ...

It will zoom by so close that it will be seen with the naked eye. It will be one of the closest passes of an object of the size, according to Space.com. Apophis will be about 20,000 miles from Earth ...

No need to panic, but Apophis, the "Colossal God of Chaos" asteroid, is expected to pass close enough to Earth that observers ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the ...

The Silverpit crater mystery in the North Sea appears to have been solved. Scientists say it was formed by an asteroid 43 ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on a potential collision course with Earth, is ...

CNN — A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet -- which could make it the smallest in the solar system -- after new research revealed it's shape, astronomers said on Monday. Nestled in ...

A large asteroid named after a god of chaos is on track for a historic close pass of Earth, according to NASA.

Asteroid 99942 Apophis named after the Egyptian deity of chaos, darkness and fire is expected to safely pass close to Earth ...