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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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NASA saves $20M mission to visit the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid

NASA’s ambitious $20 million mission to study the ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid, Apophis, has been spared from the brink of ...
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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 ...
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Could a collision cause asteroid Apophis to hit Earth? New study says no

Could a collision with another object in space set massive asteroid Apophis on a collision course with our planet? This question has been on many minds over the past two decades, but new research ...
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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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Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...
Ars Technica

Armada to Apophis—scientists recycle old ideas for rare asteroid encounter

For nearly 20 years, scientists have known an asteroid named Apophis will pass unusually close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029. But most officials at the world's space agencies stopped paying much ...
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ESA Sets Sights On Apophis Asteroid With Ramses Mission

In 2029, a massive asteroid called Apophis is expected to whizz close to Earth. So close, in fact, that it will come within one tenth of the distance between the Earth and Moon. Now, the European ...
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Scientists Once Again Confirm Giant Asteroid Apophis Won't Hit Earth In 2029

Following NASA's D.A.R.T. mission revelation that asteroid paths could be changed based on collisions, scientists went back to the drawing board to further confirm that Earth will be safe from a ...
The Next Web

Apophis: a European space mission gets up close with an asteroid set to brush by Earth

The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...
Scientific American

Europe Announces New Mission to Infamous Asteroid Apophis

Asteroid Apophis is ready for its close-up—but are we? In 2029 the sizeable space rock will swing by our planet within one tenth of the Earth-moon distance. Scientists and engineers are now racing ...
SpaceNews

Aiming for Apophis

Blue Origin says its Blue Ring orbital transfer vehicle will be able to host more than 3,000 kilograms of payload, operating in Earth orbit through cislunar space. Credit: Blue Origin Rick Binzel had ...