About Apophis Astronomers using a telescope in Arizona found Apophis in 2004, and they were evidently fans of the television series Stargate SG-1, in which a primary villain who threatens ...

Apophis is calculated to approach as close as 30,600 kilometers to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, passing inside geostationary orbit. The flyby will be visible to naked eye observers in Europe ...

On June 19, 2004, at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi discovered Asteroid Apophis. This Near-Earth Object (NEO ...

Apophis is more than 300 meters across, at least when seen from some angles, and in 2029 it will fly just 31,000 km from the Earth. A flyby that close, of an object that large, only comes around ...

There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, debris from the nuclear bomb-like impact could trigger a "spectacular ...

The United Nations formally adopted Asteroid Day in 2016. The decision followed a proposal from the Association of Space Explorers. It was backed by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.

A NASA mission led by the University of Arizona is at risk of cancellation, putting groundbreaking asteroid research and millions in local funding in jeopardy.

Gen-3 image captured at 4:41 p.m. on June 22, 2025, shows airstrike damage to the Isfahan Nuclear Technology/Research Center, Iran. Credit: BlackSky WASHINGTON — U.S. satellite imagery providers ...

A swarm of large asteroids likely lurking around Venus could one day pose an "invisible threat" to Earth if left unchecked, astronomers have warned.

India's space agency, ISRO, is already gearing up for 2029, when a far larger asteroid Apophis is scheduled to make a very close pass by Earth. ISRO Chairman S. Somanath has highlighted the need ...

So far, Lauretta’s team has found only one viable follow-on target for OSIRIS-REx: the near-Earth asteroid Apophis, which will make a close approach to Earth in April 2029.