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 ...

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 ...

After the scare over asteroid 2013 TV135 earlier this week, there may be a new “doomsday asteroid” that could hit Earth in 2036, following a close encounter in 2029. The recently discovered asteroid ...

Every few decades, the night sky erupts with what astronomers call “Halloween fireballs,” unusually bright meteors that streak across the atmosphere in late October. These fiery events trace their ...

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 ...