Fans have been waiting to hear news about The Kane Chronicles for a while now. The series of books written by Rick Riordan follows siblings Sadie and Carter Kane, revealed to be descendants of the ...

It’s official! 20th Television, a company under The Walt Disney Company, has taken over the rights to The Kane Chronicles, the popular book series by Rick Riordan. This means they now have permission ...

Given that Apophis will come within around 20,000 miles of Earth, which is closer than many geostationary satellites currently in orbit, it’s natural to ask, will the Apophis asteroid hit Earth?

On Friday the 13th (yes, really) of April 2029, Earth will avoid an apocalyptic event by an astronomical hair’s breadth as the asteroid Apophis, streaks by. It will come closer to Earth than the ...

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Once feared to pose a threat to Earth, asteroid Apophis is now a subject of immense scientific interest. Discovered in 2004, the 450-meter-wide asteroid will pass remarkably close to Earth on ...

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft ...

A team of astronomers believe that our planet’s gravitational pull could alter the surface of Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) set to make a close approach to Earth in five years’ time.

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft ...

Small asteroids might deflect Apophis’s path to Earth Future collisions with Apophis remain unlikely but possible NASA’s DART could be key in redirecting Apophis if needed ...

Apophis might hit Earth due to an asteroid impact before 2029 Current data shows an extremely low chance of collision Final risk assessment will be known by 2027 ...

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 ...