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

Rocky Future Don't panic, but the odds of a massive asteroid named Apophis smashing into Earth just got a little bit higher.

There is a minuscule albeit non-zero chance that a massive asteroid Apophis, dubbed the God of Chaos, could collide with Earth. This may happen during its near approach in 2029.

2029. While Wiegert notes in his study abstract that “Apophis’s current trajectory takes it safely past our planet at a distance of several Earth radii,” that day, meeting another asteroid ...

( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

The study hints at a slim chance that asteroid Apophis could hit Earth in 2029 due to a potential impact with another asteroid before it passes by.

Don't panic, but the odds of a massive asteroid named Apophis smashing into ... in the far off year of 2029. The odds are less than one in a billion, fortunately, and would require the unfolding ...