Time-lapse orbit animation of OSIRIS-APEX's epic journey to asteroid Apophis

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to the asteroid in this orbit animation. Credit: NASA's Scientific ...
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NASA faces 1 in 2,700 killer asteroid threat. Here’s the stop plan

The asteroid Bennu carries a small but very real chance of slamming into Earth in the next few centuries, with one particular day in 2182 standing out as a statistical spike in risk. NASA has ...
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Earth’s ‘moonlet,’ a tiny asteroid, estimated to stick around until 2083, astronomers say

It’s been called a moonlet. Sister moon. You could even call it a moon “buddy,” a companion or quasi-satellite, if you will, to our steady lunar neighbor. Astronomers say a tiny asteroid, called 2025 ...

Asteroid Has A 4% Chance Of Slamming Into The Moon, Here's What Will Happen If It Does

Early last year, there was talk that the newly-discovered Asteroid 2024 YR4 had a really small, but probable chance of ...