The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

NASA says of Apophis passing by that it is likely "an event like this has not happened at any time in recorded human history.

Named Apophis after the ancient Egyptian God of evil and destruction, the space rock spans about 1,230 feet — even longer ...

For a brief stretch on April 13, 2029, a giant space rock will slip closer to Earth than some of the satellites parked high ...

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. The Les Makes ...

Asteroid 99942 Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos, will make a close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, passing ...

Asteroid impacts may have helped kick-start life on Earth by creating hot, chemical-rich environments ideal for early biology. These impact-generated hydrothermal systems could have lasted thousands ...

The space rock is expected to make its closest approach at around 848,000 miles from the Earth, according to NASA.

The Silverpit crater mystery in the North Sea appears to have been solved. Scientists say it was formed by an asteroid 43 ...

A new study suggests meteor impacts may have created hydrothermal systems on early Earth, offering a possible setting for the ...

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a ...

New research suggests that the origins of life may be tied not only to deep-sea hydrothermal vents but also to environments created by meteor impacts.