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In 2029, asteroid Apophis will skim safely past Earth, where it will be visible to billions. For scientists, it's a once-in-a ...
A ONCE-in-a-millennium mega asteroid will be visible to billions without the need for any equipment as it glides past Earth.
The 60-meter asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon. Could such a lunar collision create a dangerous ...
On April 13, 2029, the asteroid Apophis will pass so close to Earth that it will be visible to the naked eye for over two billion people. It will be the first time in recorded history that a ...
Apophis was discovered in 2004, and initial orbital models indicated a 2.7% chance of it impacting Earth in 2029, triggering early panic. This small yet significant possibility rated it a level 4 on ...
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 ...
Bus-size asteroid races towards Earth today. Will it pass by or endanger our planet? The newly discovered space rock, named ...
Water may have flowed on the asteroid that birthed the space rock Ryugu a billion years after it formed, much later than ...
On July 1, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) detected what was first believed to be an asteroid. As ...