A Better Glipse of “Doomsday-asteroid” Apophis as seen by Herschel
Due to a "closer" approach of asteroid Apophis this month of just 40 Earth-Moon distances, astronomers were able to get ...
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Apophis meteorite will buzz nearby Earth tonight – no reason to worry
The Apophis meteorite was named after an Egyptian demon of destruction, and for good reason - every now and then, ...
Forget about nukes, dangerous asteroids could be deflected with paintball pellets
Artist impression of the Apophis asteroid. No, this isn't one of those misleading headlines. A MIT graduate student has recently ...
NASA rejects Russian report: Apophis asteroid extremely unlikely to hit earth
In 2004, NASA researchers identified the Apophis asteroid and after some quick calculations they states there is a chance the ...