A zoomed out view. Credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/SSCI Cassini was 870 million miles away from Earth when it snapped this photo on April 12, according to NASA. "Although far too small to be visible in ...

The narrower beam is now moving away from Earth." Now, with a better understanding of the asteroid's orbit, astronomers have all but ruled out an impact with Earth in 2032 — and observations ...

Discovered in 2004, Apophis was initially thought to have a small chance of hitting Earth in 2029. However, further analysis ruled out any impact, predicting a close approach of 18,300 miles on 13 ...