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What will happen to the giant asteroid Apophis when it passes near Earth in 2029?
New radar observations of Apophis were conducted in early March by NASA’s Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California and the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia. These ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
NASA and the European Space Agency are also interested in getting a better look at Apophis before and during its close ...
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Amino Acids on Bennu: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Uncovers Clues to Life’s Origins
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) mission has detected amino acids in the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, ...
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Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
NASA and the European Space Agency are also interested in getting a better look at Apophis before and during its close approach to Earth in 2029. Though both YR4 and Apophis are no longer a risk ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4’s chances of colliding with Earth drop near zero
Apophis reached a 4 because it was a larger ... in early March to pin down more details about its orbit and exact size. NASA estimates that the space rock has a 0.0017% chance of hitting Earth ...