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What will happen to the giant asteroid Apophis when it passes near Earth in 2029?
The large asteroid Apophis, which will skirt Earth in 2029, has its trajectory modified Almost everyone has heard of Apophis, the asteroid roughly the size of the Eiffel Tower that will pass close ...
European Space Agency spacecraft to steer asteroids away from Earth
Agency looking at ways to use planet-threatening rocks’ tiny gravitational fields to slightly alter their trajectories ...
Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
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What’s the probability of an asteroid hitting Earth? Here’s all you need to know
Calculations of Apophis' trajectory become precise by 2013 which enabled scientists to understand that it was not going to hit Earth.
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists search for elusive dark matter throughout the universe
Seeing the invisible, that’s what a small group of scientists at Los Alamos National Labs are trying to do with data recovered from a near-Earth asteroid and ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4’s chances of colliding with Earth drop near zero
Apophis reached a 4 because it was a larger ... Astronomers were concerned because the space rock’s trajectory, carrying it away from Earth in a straight line, meant the asteroid would be ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
The space rock between 130 and 300 feet long has caused quite a stir since astronomers first spotted it late last year on a trajectory bringing ... of comparisons to Apophis, its much larger ...