One of the NEAs, 99942 Apophis, which was discovered in 2004, is arriving on (of all the freaking dates) Friday the 13th in ...

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 ...

Asteroid Apophis won't collide with Earth in the next century, but its scientific impact will be tremendous. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

PASADENA, Calif. — Using updated information, NASA scientists have recalculated the path of a large asteroid. The refined path indicates a significantly reduced likelihood of a hazardous encounter ...

The study, in which the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Universidad Estatal Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Júlio de Mesquita Filho Paulista State University) (UNESP) of Brazil are ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's time to talk about Apophis again, I guess. Please calm down first. The asteroid is about ...

Nine new radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8 were obtained between Oct. 31 and Nov. 13, 2012. Credits: NASA/JPL-CalTech The study, in which the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the ...

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