Apophis, the chaos serpent, was a terrifying force in ancient Egyptian mythology, threatening to plunge the world into ...

Apophis is the ancient Greek name for the Egyptian god of chaos Apep. The deity is also linked to earthquakes, thunder, darkness, storms, and death and was widely regarded as the most powerful ...

Astronomer Paul Wiegert had found a scenario in which Apophis could be sent careening into Earth in 2029. But we’d have to be extremely unlucky. Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of ...

Apophis is projected to pass within 20,000 miles of our planet’s surface on April 13 2029. ... that astronomers named the asteroid after an ancient Egyptian god of disorder.