China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter
HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft to make a flyby of asteroid Apophis when…
ESA and JAXA to seize ultra-rare chance to study a 1,230-foot asteroid in a close Earth flyby
An artists depiction of the Ramses mission (Image source: ESA-Science Office; edited) Asteroid Apophis is projected to fly…
Very Important Study Calculates Your Chance of Being Killed by an Asteroid vs Several Other Scary Things
In what first appears like a rather morbid game of “which would you rather?”, researchers have released a…