There is a second round of observations set for May 2025, before the asteroid could disappear into the outer solar system for ...

Numerical simulations already offer valuable insights. Apophis. Discovered in June 2004, the asteroid is approximately 350 meters in diameter and about 27 million tons. For a few weeks ...

will the Apophis asteroid hit Earth? If it did, when, where, and what impact would it have, and why do we believe that we’re safe for the next few decades, at the very least? The short answer is ...

NASA have revealed a major update about a mega asteroid dubbed Space rock 2024 YR4. The asteroid was expected to hit Earth in 2032, predicting mass devastation ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...

YR₄ is no longer a threat to Earth, but the moon is not yet safe. Even observations from space have not changed this.

Abstract: We computed impact solutions of the potentially dangerous asteroid (99942) Apophis based on 4022 optical observations and seven radar observations from 2013 March 15.10789 UTC through March ...

The hefty space rock 2014 TN17 is large enough to wipe out a city, but it will pose no risk to our planet when it sails by ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Tyvak to build the first CubeSat for the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety ...

Once, a very long time ago, a massive asteroid hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. In addition to functionally ...