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Asteroid Apophis to Pass Just 32,000 km from Earth, ESA and JAXA’s Team Up to Stop It!

In 2029, the world will witness a rare celestial event when the asteroid Apophis, a 375-meter-wide asteroid. flies by Earth ...
NewsBytes

This asteroid may hit Moon in 2032

The asteroid 2024 YR4, measuring 60 metres in diameter, may strike the Moon in December 2032, potentially causing the largest ...
NextBigFuture

Asteroid Threat Detection and Planetary Defense Can Be Complete and Ready by 2035

We need an enhanced version of SUNSET to establish a space-based, combined discovery and early-warning system for NEOs (Near Earth Objects). If we use multiple satellites traveling ahead of Earth on ...
The Hill

What we know and don’t know about the asteroid hurtling toward Earth

Let’s get the first question out of the way quickly. Asteroid 2024 YR4, a 50- to 90-meter-wide Earth-approaching object, is likely not going to hit our planet in 2032. But, since the odds of it ...