Earth will grab itself another moon this month, but only briefly. The "mini-moon" in the form of asteroid 2024 PT5 will stick around for just two months.

A chance encounter with another asteroid could steer Apophis destructively close to Earth during a future passage.

Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be extremely unlucky.

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. On Friday, 13, 2029, Earth will have a fascinating and intimidating visitor in the form of ...

An artist's rendition of Apophis, happily soaring through space and not crashing into any planets. © The Planetary Society; CC BY-NC 3.0 Asteroid Apophis doesn’t ...

An astrophysicist at the University of Western Ontario finds that the odds of the asteroid 99942 Apophis striking Earth are slightly higher than previously thought. In his study, published in The ...