The European Space Agency has taken the first big steps toward rendezvousing with the infamous asteroid Apophis during its ...

The European Space Agency's upcoming Ramses mission aims to study asteroid Apophis, which will approach Earth closely in 2029 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has officially launched its effort to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis ahead of the space ...

面对潜在的太空威胁，科学界并未坐以待毙。各国天文学家和航天机构正积极采取措施来监测和应对这些威胁。例如，NASA正计划在近地轨道铺设一张重约249公斤的碳纤维网，以改变对地球存在潜在威胁的小行星的轨道。此外，科学家们还在不断探索新的观测技术和防御手段 ...

2021年3月，当阿波菲斯又一次近距离飞掠地球时，天文学家对其轨道进行了再一次精确计算。这次的计算结果显示，阿波菲斯虽然会在之后多次靠近地球，但是至少在100年内它应该都不会和地球发生碰撞，于是这颗小行星的危险警报才得以解除。但即便如此，人们对它的关 ...

An international team of scientists put the idea to the test thanks to mountains of data regarding OSIRIS-REx’s recent ...

由马德里卡洛斯三世大学 （UC3M） 和巴西圣保罗州立大学 （UNESP）共同参与了一项研究分析了毁神星的表面与动态——该小行星将于 2029 年接近地球 ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a close ...

Apophis, named for the Egyptian god of chaos and evil and currently hurtling through space at an average speed of roughly 19 miles per second, will come within about 20,000 miles of earth.

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In ...

In a bit of ominous news befitting a Friday the 13th: It turns out that the asteroid Apophis could have a very small chance of colliding into Earth in five years, when it is expected to make a ...