The path of Apophis after 2029 will depend on how Earth's gravity changes the asteroid's orbit, said Davide Farnocchia, an astrophysicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) who is studying ...

Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 ... to push the asteroid off its current trajectory and on one that could put it in Earth's path, according to the findings.

I n a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance ...

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

In 2021, NASA released an analysis of Apophis’ trajectory, concluding that the asteroid doesn’t pose a threat to Earth in the immediate future. While there will be close passes in 2029 and ...

A menacing asteroid named Apophis is projected to have a close encounter with Earth in 2029, ... (OSIRIS-APEX) and sent on a trajectory that would allow it to cross paths with the asteroid in 2029.

Asteroid Apophis Will Endure Quakes and Surface Shifts During ... A 2021 NASA analysis found that Apophis’ trajectory won’t threaten our planet—meaning not even the slightest chance of harm ...

“Asteroid Apophis has fascinated us as a species since its discovery in 2004: it was the first credible threat from an asteroid to our planet,” said Paul Wiegert, co-author. Of the study.

One proposed way of examining if such a force could exist is by closely monitoring asteroid trajectories, and few near-Earth ...

If an asteroid as large as Apophis struck Earth it would be a once-in-80,000 years event—and an epic disaster. Wishing you clear skies and wide eyes. Editorial Standards Reprints & Permissions ...

Astronomers say they'll have to keep an eye on the near-Earth asteroid Apophis to see how much of a danger the space rock poses to our planet during a close pass in 2068.