Originally feared as a potential Earth impactor, asteroid 99942 Apophis, once dubbed the "God of Chaos," will safely pass by Earth on April 13, 2029, at a distance closer than many satellites. While ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains the science behind asteroid Apophis, once feared as a “planet killer,” and highlights its safe ...

Apophis hitting Earth is possible, study finds, but very unlikely Astronomers have long had their eye on the notorious Apophis, which was initially believed to pose a serious threat to Earth upon ...

据CNET报道，体育场大小的小行星Apophis一直被认为是最令人担忧的太空岩石之一，这要归功于它的大小和它未来接近我们星球的距离。随着美国宇航局（NASA）周一宣布小行星探测飞船Osiris-Rex将对其进行访问，人们将对其有更多了解。Osiris-Rex已经因其在2020年从小行星贝努（Bennu）上采集样本的工作而闻名。该航天器正在返回的路上，将样本交给科学家们研究。一旦这项任务完成，它将继 ...

Although there’s no danger to Earth this time, the once-a-decade flyby of the infamous near-Earth asteroid Apophis—officially called 99942 Apophis and named after the Egyptian god of chaos ...

由马德里卡洛斯三世大学 （UC3M） 和巴西圣保罗州立大学 （UNESP）共同参与了一项研究分析了毁神星的表面与动态——该小行星将于 2029 年接近地球。

After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.

Apophis is a on trajectory towards an Earth flyby on April 13, 2029. When it was first discovered in 2004, the 1,100-foot-wide (335 meters) near-Earth object was designated as a hazardous asteroid ...

Apophis is 340 metres wide, about the same as the height of the Empire State Building. If it were to hit Earth, it would cause wholesale destruction hundreds of miles from its impact site.

Apophis—an asteroid as wide as three football fields—has a slim chance of slamming into Earth in 2068. Before then, however, the object is scheduled to zip past us in an encounter that ...

Now, Apophis is again on the agenda, but this time as a science opportunity, not as a threat. The problem is, there's not much time to design, build, and launch a spacecraft to get into position ...