Using the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex and the Green Bank Telescope, scientists gathered high-resolution radar data that allowed them to accurately map Apophis's orbit. The science ...

New data collected since then—including during Apophis’s passage just 17 million kilometers from Earth on March 6, 2021—has allowed astronomers to refine its orbit. scientists have ruled out ...

To put this into perspective, the asteroid will come closer to Earth than some of our telecommunications satellites in ...

the uncertainty in Apophis' orbit has collapsed from hundreds of kilometers to just a handful of kilometers when projected to 2029," Farnocchia continued. "This greatly improved knowledge of its ...

“With the support of recent optical observations and additional radar observations, the uncertainty in Apophis’ orbit has collapsed from hundreds of kilometers to just a handful of kilometers ...

In four years, on 13 April 2029 to be exact, a large asteroid named Apophis will fly by Earth just 32,000 kilometres above the surface. Apophis, like the recently identified asteroid known as 2024 ...

Discovered in 2004, Apophis initially raised alarm due to its size and orbit. A 2021 flyby reassured scientists there’s no immediate threat for at least 100 years. Though 2029 poses no danger ...