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'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny...
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAsteroid Apophis is heading to Earth, and scientists have revealed three tiny spacecraft concepts...
NASA confirms 1,000-foot-wide 'God of Destruction' asteroid will approach Earth
TweakTown· 2 weeks agoThe closest approach of the asteroid called Apophis will occur on April 13, 2029, and due to its...
Asteroid’s Close Approach: Exploring Apophis With Cutting-Edge Mini Satellites
SciTechDaily· 6 days agoThe author of a disaster novel couldn’t have dreamed it up any better: On a Friday, the thirteenth of all days, the potentially dangerous asteroid (99942) Apophis will come ...
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a close shave in near-miss flyby (video, photo)
Space via Yahoo News· 1 week agoBecause it flew so close to Earth, the asteroid appeared to shine at magnitude 13 at its brightest...
Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid whizzes past Earth, NASA says
The Washington Times· 2 weeks agoA colossal asteroid nearly as large as the Great Pyramid of Giza made aclose pass by Earth,...
How a New Methodology Rewrites the Age Book for Asteroids
SciTechDaily· 2 weeks agoResearchers at Cornell University have developed a new method for estimating the age of asteroids using dynamics, demonstrating this approach on the < ...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThere’s a catch, though: these objects...
Enormous 'God of Destruction' asteroid to pay Earth visit in 2029
Houston Chronicle· 2 weeks agoA 1,000-foot-wide asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis, is expected to make an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in ...
A rare risk of asteroid fastballs turns scientists into sluggers
Salon.com· 1 week agoAs Andy Rivkin, one of the team leaders, was getting ready to appear in NASA’s live broadcast of the...
SpaceX's Rocket For IM-1 Lunar Lander Discovered As Earth's Second Moon By Accident
Wccftech· 2 weeks agoSpaceX's rocket booster that sent the Intuitive Machines IM-1 lunar lander on its way in February...