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'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny...
SPACE.com· 7 hours agoIn just under half a decade, a 1,000-foot-wide (305-meter-wide) asteroid named after the Egyptian god of chaos and destruction, Apophis, will pass...48,300 kilometers) of ...
Asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid whizzes past Earth, NASA says
The Washington Times· 6 hours agoIn an event that brings the vastness of the cosmos into sharp focus, a colossal asteroid nearly as...
Watch 2 bus-size asteroids make close flybys of Earth this week (video)
SPACE.com· 4 days agoThe first space rock will be about 295,000 miles (475,000 kilometers) from our planet at its closest...
NASA And ESA Prepare For Close Approach Of Near Earth Object Apophis
IFLScience· 2 weeks agoNASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are preparing for the close approach of near-Earth object, asteroid 99942 Apophis. In 2029, ...
This Day, That Year: What Happened on April 29
Gadgets 360· 2 weeks agoOn this day in 2020, Earth witnessed a significant celestial event as the mile-wide asteroid known as 1998 OR2 made its close approach
'Lucy’s baby’ asteroid is only about 2 to 3 million years old
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThis calculation also agreed with one made by the Lucy mission based on a more traditional method...
Aiming for Apophis
SpaceNews· 1 day agoApophis will miss the Earth. Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid about 350 meters across, will skim by the Earth on April 13, 2029, coming within 32,000 kilometers — closer than satellites in geostationary orbit.
Asteroid that exploded over Berlin was fastest-spinning space rock ever recorded
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 week agoScientists have calculated the rotational speed of asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Berlin...
Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks Careening Around Our Solar System
The New York Sun· 1 week agoIn an unprecedented leap in space research, scientists at the Asteroid Institute and the University...
AI discovers over 27,000 overlooked asteroids in old telescope images
Space via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIn fact, AI tools designed for asteroid searches are already approaching levels attainable by...