"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," the European Space Agency said.
I remember when asteroid Apophis was discovered in 2004 and the alarm it caused in the space community, but it has only been in recent years that its end-time message has become clear to me ...
The agency said the spacecraft that completed the sample return is on its way to investigate asteroid Apophis. The asteroid, previously known as 99942, is estimated to be around 1,100 feet wide and ...