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NASA wants fleet of spacecraft to watch infamous Apophis asteroid approach Earth: report
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's illustration of asteroid Apophis near Earth. The asteroid will fly extremely close to...
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 month agoIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close...
Could a collision cause asteroid Apophis to hit Earth? New study says no
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 3 months agoApophis will safely pass Earth at a very close distance in 2029, but what if some other space rock...
Grounded spacecraft look for new space rocks to visit, including notorious asteroid Apophis
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoScientists are working hard to try to salvage a pair of spacecraft that lost their launch — and the...
We Did It! OSIRIS-REx Successfully Returned Asteroid Samples This Sunday
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 8 months agoOSIRIS-REx Successfully Returned Asteroid SamplesMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY - Getty Images...
NASA's mission to a weird metal asteroid will blast off ... soon
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Psyche spacecraft in 2022. If all goes well, NASA’s Psyche mission to a unique, metallic...
Nasa issues warning as asteroid the size of a football pitch approaches Earth
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe asteroid is scheduled to make its closest approach at 2.41pm GMT on Friday -...
Mars might have an asteroid problem
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAstronomers have been surveying the sky for years to catalog and track so-called Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), asteroids and comets that come near to or...
US updates asteroid-defense strategy
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's illustration of asteroids headed toward Earth. The United States' National Science and Technology Council has updated the country's plan for...
How NASA Captured a Piece of the Solar System's Past From an Ancient Asteroid
Time via Yahoo News· 8 months agoInfrared sensors on the ground detected the heat signature of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft’s...
