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'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching

Apophis will zoom safely past the Earth closer than the orbits of geosynchronous satellites on April 13, 2029. As well as the ...
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Watch an asteroid the size of the Washington Monument zoom past Earth live on Sept. 18 (video)

Stargazers can tune in to the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube stream beginning at 11 p.m. EDT on Sept. 17 (3:00 GMT Sept. 18) to see live views from the organization's robotic telescopes located ...

Skyscraper-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth, NASA Reports

An asteroid the size of a skyscraper is approaching Earth at a sprightly 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The space rock—dubbed "2025 FA22"—is a sizeable 520 ...
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Asteroid Impact Aftermath Time-Lapse - NASA DART

See asteroid Dimorphous, pre- and post-impact, in this time-lapse of Hubble Space Telescope imagery. The space rock was ...

A mission to a distant asteroid just got an unexpected surprise

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, expects its spacecraft to rendezvous with the asteroid in July 2031. The ...
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Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) — and you can see it live

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2025 FA22 will fly close past Earth at more than 24,000 mph on Thursday (Sept. 18). The ...

Japanese spacecraft eyes tricky asteroid landing

In 2010, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) made history when its Hayabusa probe became the first spacecraft to ...
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What NASA Found Inside the Bennu Asteroid Sample?

In May 2021, OSIRIS-REx began its journey back to Earth carrying dust from Bennu - a rubble-pile asteroid older than Earth ...

The Quiet Demise of Breakthrough Starshot, a Billionaire’s Interstellar Mission to Alpha Centauri

In 2016 billionaire Yuri Milner hosted a press conference at One World Observatory, the atrium topping the slick skyscraper ...

Zubeen Garg dies at 52, a look at stars who also died in tragic incidents

Assamese music legend Zubeen Garg tragically passed away at 52 after a scuba diving accident in Singapore. His untimely death ...

Asian Paints shares fall 1.72% on Monday, among top losers on Nifty 50

With the stock ending at Rs 2,502.60, Asian Paints was among the top losers on the Nifty 50 in yesterday's trade.