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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A new photo of the potentially hazardous asteroid Apophis has been ...

Telescopes will be trained to the night sky this weekend as an icy peanut-shaped chunk of space rock nearly as tall as the Empire State building makes its closest approach to our planet on March 5, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A “city killer” asteroid the size of the Empire State ...

An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of Chaos is speeding up, scientists recently revealed. Scientifically known as 99942 Apophis, the massive, 1,120-foot-wide space rock will ...

God of Chaos asteroid Apophis will make a close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029. The asteroid, measuring about 340 meters wide, will not pose a threat to the planet. Instead, this flyby will give ...

First discovered in 2004, Asteroid Apophis, also known as “God of Chaos,” has been watched closely by astronomers and scientists. The large space rock has become the center of focus because of its ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The asteroid Apophis, the potentially hazardous space rock due to pass ...

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid’s closest approach. The blue dots are the many man-made satellites that orbit our planet, and the ...

48 years. That’s how many years it is estimated Earth has until the Apophis (God of chaos) asteroid is predicted to hit Earth. While it was first calculated that the Apophis asteroid would just miss ...

This animation shows the distance between the Apophis asteroid and Earth at the time of the asteroid's closest approach. NASA/JPL-Caltech An asteroid that has been nicknamed after the Egyptian God of ...