( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth in 2029, but only if a very unlikely series of events plays out.

Hera and its two cubesats arrived at their launch site in Florida in early September following a transatlantic flight from Germany, with a stop in Ireland. The mission's launch window opens on Oct. 7 ...

Asteroid will come close enough to Earth to temporarily enter its orbit at the end of the month, a phenomenon dubbed as "mini ...

Some seriously large asteroids have threatened Earth before. Some of these asteroids have little chance of hitting us but there are a few with very real chances of making contact. What happens if a ...

Asteroid "God of Chaos" (Apophis) will pass within 32,000 km of Earth on April 13, 2029. All you need to know about God of ...

Can asteroid 99942 Apophis hit the Earth? Scientists so far have ... ALSO READ: NASA discovers Earth's hidden electric field that creates ‘polar wind’ Despite the chances of the asteroid ...

Today, on September 8, Earth will experience a close flyby from a 100-foot asteroid named 2024 RF2, which is roughly the size of an airplane. This asteroid will pass at a safe distance of about ...

American space agency NASA has confirmed that early on Wednesday afternoon, over Luzon Island in the Philippines, a minor asteroid, about the size of a meter, broke apart in Earth's atmosphere.

After previous reports batted away the idea that Earth could be smashed into smithereens by the God of Chaos asteroid, it turns out it could actually happen. The giant rock was first spotted in ...

In 2022, an asteroid hit Earth only two hours after astronomers noticed it. That space rock created an explosion in the atmosphere over the Arctic near Iceland. “Tiny asteroids like 2022 EB5 are ...

It hit at an expected speed of 17.6 kilometres per second, or 63,360 kilometres per hour, before creating a “spectacular fireball” that lit up the sky. A small asteroid entered Earth's ...

Dwarf planet Ceres is an unusual “inhabitant” of the asteroid belt. With a diameter of around 960 kilometers, it is not only the largest body between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; unlike its rather ...