The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029. While new findings suggest a slim chance of collision, the odds remain ...
Apophis is a peanut-shaped space rock spanning 1,230-foot (375 meters) across comparable to that of the Eiffel Tower. At this ...
Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it.
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Scientists may have found clues to a mysterious fifth force of nature hidden in an ancient asteroidAn asteroid's orbit may reveal an invisible fifth force that could rewrite the rules of physics. Bennu, a near-Earth asteroid ...
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission is the first to send a spacecraft and two CubeSats to an asteroid in deep space.
Tsai’s team plans to continue their work by studying Apophis, another near-Earth asteroid that will make a spectacularly close flyby in 2029, passing within just 20,000 miles of our planet.
The team’s next focus is Apophis, an asteroid expected to pass close to Earth in 2029. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will also investigate that asteroid, once again providing essential data. The team will ...
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A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourishThe destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...
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