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Asteroid Apophis: Animation Shows Asteroid's Nail-Biting Close Approach To Earth In 2029

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its ...
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$20 million NASA mission to visit 'God of Chaos' asteroid saved from budget cuts in last-minute decision

NASA's OSIRIS-APEX mission, which was one of 19 designated to be canceled by the Trump administration, has been saved from ...
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The 340-Meter Asteroid Zooming Past Earth Without Hitting It

Asteroid 99942 Apophis is set to pass Earth on April 13 2029, coming as close as about 32,000 kilometres from the ...
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Cruise Liner-Sized Asteroid to Get Closer to Earth Than Satellites, Spacecraft to Meet It

The European Space Agency (ESA) is planning the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (RAMSES) mission to the Apophis ...

One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of ...
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Asteroid 99942 Apophis won't impact Earth for at least a century, NASA finds

PHILADELPHIA -- An asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness won't be wreaking any havoc on Earth -- at least not this century. That's the good news from NASA's Center for Near-Earth ...