Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be ...
A chance encounter with another asteroid could steer Apophis destructively close to Earth during a future passage.
Paul Wiegert, an astronomer at Canada's Western University, has published a study in The Planetary Science Journal warning ...
On April 13, 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis, often referred to as the "God of Chaos," will make a close pass by Earth, coming ...
Beyond that, both NASA and the European Space Agency have designs on sending uncrewed spacecraft to study Apophis during the flyby in five years. The European Space Agency, NASA's counterpart ...