Asteroid Apophis has the tiniest chance of hitting earth in 2029 – on a Friday the 13th
The chance of an unknown asteroid hitting Apophis off its current course at all was less than one-in-a-million. And the odds ...
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'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis will come to Earth in 2029 — and it could meet some tiny spacecraft
Related: Asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth in 2029 — could a space rock collision make it hit us? As to why Apophis is an apt target for a planetary defense study? Well, discovered in 2004 ...
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Asteroids pass by each day. Luckily, large asteroid crashes are uncommon.
The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according to Space.com. There's no cause for concern – at least not yet.
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The Dinosaur-Killer Asteroid Came From Beyond Jupiter, Scientists Say
The next known close pass of an asteroid to Earth will occur on Friday, April 13, 2029, when Asteroid Apophis—at about 1,230 feet (375 meters) across, larger than 90% of space rocks—safely ...
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QuickCheck: Will a 'city-killer' asteroid hit Earth in 2029?
Apophis is set to fly past the Earth on April 13, 2029, and return every few years into the distant future. But scientists monitoring Apophis, also known as asteroid 99942, have concluded that ...
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Asteroid 340 metres long to zip past earth on a Friday 13th
A huge asteroid with is set to fly past Earth on Friday the 13th in 2029 - at a distance of less than 20,000 miles. The massive 1,000-metre-wide cosmic projectile is 28 times bigger than the ...
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NASA Monitoring Bus-Sized Asteroid Heading Earthward
The moon orbits the Earth at an average distance of 238,900 miles. Stock image of an asteroid passing the Earth (main) and a school bus (inset). A bus-sized asteroid is due to pass twice as close ...
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Fourth asteroid of the year hits Earth's atmosphere. Here's what to know
An asteroid was pegged to hit Earth “imminently,” according to NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS). Fortunately, this one wasn’t big enough to land a team of deep-core dril ...
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Asteroid Hitting Earth
Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe ...
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NASA spots asteroid just hours before it hits Earth's atmosphere
An asteroid detected just hours before impact with Earth burned up in a spectacular fireball over Russia last night. It’s the fourth asteroid to have been detected within just hours before ...
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Asteroid Nearly Hits Earth in Siberian Fireball
More ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS / ESA "Asteroid #C0WEPC5 (temporary designation) entered Earth's atmosphere at 16:15 UTC/17:15 CET, creating a fireball over Yakutia witnessed by people in the ...