The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan. 10). The chances of an ...

Scientists have been wringing their hands over the possibility of asteroid Apophis crashing into the planet, but new data from a distant flyby diminishes the chances of an Earth impact. Dara Kerr was ...

The large asteroid Apophis poses less of a threat of hitting Earth in 2036 than previously thought, new research finds. The Apophis asteroid, discovered in 2004, is larger than two American football ...

If 2012 doesn’t bring the dramatic Spielberg amalgamation of aliens, bombs, and drastic climate change, there’s always 2036. That’s the year an asteroid will slam into Earth according to a group of ...

In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could smash into Earth in 2029. A few additional observations and some ...

The date for Armageddon has been set, and it's not going to happen in 2012. In 2004, NASA scientists announced that there was a chance that Apophis, an asteroid larger than two football fields, could ...

NASA scientists at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., effectively have ruled out the possibility the asteroid Apophis will impact Earth during a close flyby in 2036. The ...

OK, let’s start this off with the conclusion: Like the title says, the asteroid Apophis is not going to hit us in 2036. In fact, the cumulative chance it will hit us in the next century is less than 1 ...

Theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku appeared on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" last night to discuss the potential of Earth-smashing asteroids. Even small asteroids, like the one that ...

The Earth is safe from the giant asteroid Apophis when it flies extremely close to our planet in 2029, then returns for seconds in 2036, NASA scientists announced today (Jan. 10). The chances of an ...