Japan will join a European project to observe the Apophis asteroid when it passes close to the Earth by providing the H3 ...

Asteroid Apophis will pass close to Earth in 2029, but scientists have confirmed there's no threat of a collision. Find out ...

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The asteroid Apophis will pass closely by Earth in 2029 If an unlikely series of events occurs, it could be on a collision course The odds of Apophis hitting our planet are roughly one in two billion ...

These radar images of asteroid Apophis were recorded when the space rock was q7 million kilometers away, and each pixel has a resolution of 38.75 meters. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO ...

That's when Near-Earth Asteroid 99942 Apophis passes in front of a star and is visible, so says the Observatoire de Paris, along a path traced from roughly the north-west to the south-east of the US.

The asteroid Apophis will pass closely by Earth in 2029 If an unlikely series of events occurs, it could be on a collision course The odds of Apophis hitting our planet are roughly one in two billion ...