"Over the past thousand years, the asteroid has passed through a particularly intense swarm that has profoundly altered the chemical properties of its surface." When you purchase through links on our ...
This occurrence will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this size that scientists have known about in advance Lexi Lane is a weekend banking writer at PEOPLE. She first joined as a ...
Close approach expected in 2029 at about 32,000 kilometers above Earth; 'something like this has not been recorded in human history' Asteroid 99942 Apophis will make an exceptionally close approach to ...