It was given the nickname “Apophis” — the Egyptian god of chaos — when it was first discovered in 2004 because it appeared to perhaps be on a collision course with Earth in 2029 ...

An asteroid the size of Manhattan’s Empire State Building will safely pass on April 13, 2029, in a once every 5,000 to 10,000 ...

There's also no risk during another flyby in 2036, astronomers have said ... potential nudge in our direction between then ...

If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses), will rendezvous with the asteroid in February 2029. Apophis is 340 ...

Apophis was discovered in 2004. The asteroid passed by Earth on December 21, 2004 at a distance of 14 million kilometres. It returned in 2021, and will swing by Earth again in 2029, 2036 ...

NASA revealed that the asteroid was given the nickname 'Apophis,' which is the Egyptian god of chaos. In addition, scientists ...

Apophis was discovered in 2004. The asteroid passed by Earth on December 21 2004 at a distance of 14 million kilometres. It returned in 2021, and will swing by Earth again in 2029, 2036 and 2068.

Fortunately, further observations confirmed that it will not collide with our planet, including during its close approaches ...

This officially rules out all doomsday predictions of Apophis breaching the Earth’s atmosphere in 2029, 2036 and in 2068. The asteroid is as big as three football fields and the resulting impact ...

It returned in 2021, and will swing by Earth again in 2029, 2036 and 2068. Until recently, there was a small chance that Apophis could collide with Earth in 2068. However, during Apophis' approach ...

Apophis was discovered in 2004. The asteroid passed by Earth on December 21 2004 at a distance of 14 million kilometres. It returned in 2021, and will swing by Earth again in 2029, 2036 and 2068.