The Apophis asteroid, once feared to hit Earth, is less than three years from making an unprecedented approach toward Earth.

Near-Earth asteroid Apophis is a potentially hazardous asteroid that will safely pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029. It ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Asteroid 2022 RD2 is a near-Earth object that could become a temporary moon, then later a potential crash risk for the planet ...

NASA and other space agencies track thousands of near-Earth objects like this one. There are more than 41,000 known near-Earth asteroids that come relatively close to Earth’s orbit, and scientists are ...