The space rock, known as 2024 VM1, will fly past our planet on Wednesday at a minimum distance of around 193,000 miles.

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to ...

Tiny grains from the asteroid Ryugu have shed light on the origins of the outer solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. MIT ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, ...

DART's goal was to examine how well a planetary defense strategy in moving a threatening space rock away from Earth. Hera will examine the collision from a nearby vantage point, p ...

When the 'God of chaos' asteroid Apophis makes an ultraclose flyby of Earth in 2029, our planet's gravity may trigger tremors ...

A new study posits that our planet's gravity will cause seismic activity on Apophis when it makes its close approach in 2029.

Named for the ancient Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis is capable of destroying a city if it were to strike ...

A new European Space Agency mission is set to study asteroid Apophis to learn more about how we can handle asteroid threats ...

The successor mission, NASA's NEO Surveyor (Near Earth Object Surveyor), will be the first space telescope that will be ...

According to new research, Apophis's brief interaction with Earth’s gravity could unleash tremors and landslides on the ...

Scientists observed that all examined craters are situated within 30 degrees of the equator. This concentrated impact area, ...