PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...

(KTLA) – Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. Nexstar’s KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

A little less than four years from now, a killer asteroid will narrowly fly past planet Earth. This will be a celestial event visible around the world—for a few weeks, Apophis will shine among the ...

Photo of asteroid 4179 Toutatis taken by China's Chang'e-2 spacecraft during a 2012 flyby mission Credit: Yun Jiang, Jianghui Ji, Jiangchuan Huang, Simone Marchi, Yuan Li and Wing-Huen Ip (CC BY 4.0) ...

Although it won’t hit Earth, an asteroid once labeled a “city killer” is now back in the spotlight — this time, because it might hit the moon. KTLA spoke with Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...