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‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
4 Years To Go! ESA Shows How Asteroid Apophis Will Swing Past Earth In 2029
About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...
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What will happen to the giant asteroid Apophis when it passes near Earth in 2029?
Apophis. Discovered in June 2004, the asteroid is approximately 350 meters in diameter and about 27 million tons. For a few weeks, the scientific community was concerned about a possible impact ...
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Earth is in the clear: Asteroid 2024 YR4 impact chances drop to nearly zero
The last record holder was Asteroid Apophis in 2004, which briefly had a 2.7% chance of impact. Since its discovery, Asteroid 2024 YR4 has warranted international attention, and large telescopes ...
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Killer Asteroid Could Be Headed for Some of the World's Most Populous Cities
Earlier this week, the European Space Agency noted that 2024 YR4 surpassed the 2.7 percent chance of impact associated with the much larger asteroid, dubbed Apophis, back in 2004, claiming the ...
Major update as asteroid could hit Earth - and it's bad news for the MOON as well
NASA have revealed a major update about a mega asteroid dubbed Space rock 2024 YR4. The asteroid was expected to hit Earth in 2032, predicting mass devastation ...
JWST snaps first image of asteroid that threatened Earth
2024 YR4 may not make catastrophic history, but it did set a new record for the JWST as the smallest object ever targeted by ...
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The riskiest asteroid on record now has near-zero chance of hitting Earth
That’s a 1 in 59,000 possibility of impact, meaning there is a 99.9983 ... 2024 YR4 briefly broke a record once reached by the asteroid Apophis after it was first spotted in 2004.
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
"There is no significant potential for this asteroid to impact our planet for the next ... are also interested in getting a better look at Apophis before and during its close approach to Earth ...