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 ...

An animation of an asteroid's close approach to Earth has garnered considerable interest in recent times, largely due to its apparent proximity to our planet. The animation, shared by Facebook page ...

When the potentially hazardous asteroid 99942 Apophis makes its breathtakingly close flyby of Earth on April 13, 2029, more than 2 billion people across Africa and Western Europe will be able to watch ...

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“It’s all about the encounter physics.” With those words, MIT Professor of Planetary Sciences Richard Binzel emphasized the record-book quality of what will happen on April 13, 2029, when asteroid ...

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office SALT LAKE CITY — Two mission concepts are seeking funding to fly by and ...

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