Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it ...

Apophis is expected to make an exceptionally close flyby of Earth, passing within 20,000 miles of the planet's surface. To put this into perspective, the asteroid will come closer to Earth than ...

The massive asteroid known as 99942 Apophis ... the anticipated close flyby due to its orbit now becoming wider. What is its trajectory, and what chance did it have to impact Earth?

Even though it won't come close to the devastation caused ... dinosaurs and two-thirds of all species on Earth, millions of people would die if Apophis hit a highly populated metropolitan area.