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‘God Of Chaos’ Asteroid: It’s Exactly Four Years Until The Rarest Space Event Of Our Lives
On Friday, April 13, 2029, an asteroid will come closer to Earth than orbiting geosynchronous satellites in a ...
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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth
Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely ...
4 Years To Go! ESA Shows How Asteroid Apophis Will Swing Past Earth In 2029
About exactly four years from now, the asteroid Apophis will swing past Earth on April 13, 2029. This space rock, measuring ...
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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan
A Q&A with Lindley Johnson, a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...
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Why Easter Hops Around: The Science Behind The Changing Date
The Royal Museums Greenwich website says that there was no uniform way to figure out the date for Easter until AD 325. It ...
NASA's Lucy Spacecraft Set For Second Encounter With Primitive Asteroid This Week
The Lucy spacecraft is heading for another encounter with a main belt asteroid, NASA said on Tuesday. The probe will fly by Donaldjohanson next week as a "dress rehearsal" before the start of its main ...