W hen Earth and the hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis pass by each other in five years’ time, the passage through Earth’s ...

The asteroid 99942 Apophis, dubbed the "God of Chaos" for its menacing potential, is making headlines once more. As Earth ...

The other is asteroid 99942, better known as “Apophis” — named after the Egyptian god of chaos — which may potentially threaten Earth in 2029, 2036 or 2068. 2024 YR4, which is reckoned to ...

The highest ranking of an asteroid was 99942 Apophis, which briefly reached level 4 on the scale for a few days after its discovery in 2004. (Further analysis revealed that its orbit in 2036 will ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. When scientists first discovered the asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, they also ...

Asteroid 2024YR4 is hurtling through our galaxy, travelling at 17 kilometres per second - or 38,028 miles per hour - from its current spot in the constellation of Cancer.

SOME astronomical events we see often, like shooting stars, but these are only a fraction of the dazzling celestial wonders occurring over the vast expanse of time. However, there are still four ...

In 2029, Earth will have a hair-raisingly close encounter with asteroid 99942 Apophis, a colossal space rock that could wreak havoc if it were to hit us—but it’ll come shockingly close.

Astronomers assigned a similar 2.7 percent collision chance to asteroid 99942 Apophis in 2004, but it has since been discounted, with scientists convinced there is no major risk it could make ...