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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 probe to observe near-Earth asteroid's 2029 close encounter
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoAbout 5-1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State...
Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us?
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAn animation shows Apophis' 2029 path compared to the swarm of satellites orbiting Earth. The...
NASA Charts Mission to Apophis, the Near-Earth Asteroid Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos
SYFY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThere’s never a good time for an asteroid to hit, but there might be a worst time. In the 2021 film...
Asteroid Apophis will visit Earth in 2029. Why do scientists want NASA to send a probe there first?
Space via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNASA's Small Bodies Assessment Group wants the agency to send spacecraft to visit the asteroid...
An asteroid will just miss us in 2029. Scientists are making the most of a rare opportunity
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA huge asteroid will fly by Earth in April 2029. It won't be close enough to hit us, but it will be...
What astronomers learned from a near-Earth asteroid they never saw coming
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoHaleakalā, Hawaii, is the site of one of the four telescopes that make up the Asteroid...
A long-awaited sample from a near-Earth asteroid is about to land in the US
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe OSIRIS-REx mission will drop off its cargo, about a cup’s worth of rocks and soil from an...
Asteroid named for Egyptian god of chaos and darkness set for spacecraft flyby
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAfter delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is...
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...