The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029 ...

Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its effort to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of the space ...

The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent ...

Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil and currently hurtling through space at an average speed of roughly 19 miles per second, will come within about 20,000 miles of earth.

The European Space Agency signed a contract with OHB to begin work on an asteroid mission, but a decision on full funding for the mission is still more than a year away.

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...

NASA released a request for information (RFI) Aug. 30 seeking input on concepts to use the Janus spacecraft, currently in storage, to visit the asteroid Apophis ahead of that asteroid’s close ...

The Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety mission, or Ramses for short, faces a race against time. It needs to launch in early 2028 in order to get up close with the infamous asteroid Apophis as ...

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