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Small asteroid captured hours prior to Earth impact

Small asteroid 2022 EB5 impacted Earth was discovered by Krisztián Sárneczky using the 0.60-m Schmidt telescope at Konkoly ...

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 ...
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Asteroid Apophis: Animation Shows Asteroid's Nail-Biting Close Approach To Earth In 2029

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Asteroid Juno Seen Traveling Through Space in New ALMA Images and Animation

Newswise — A series of images made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) provides an unprecedented view of the surface of Juno, one of the largest members of our solar system's ...
New York Post

Chilling animations depict effect ‘city-killer’ asteroid would have on Earth — as experts warn moon also in danger

Ready or not, 2024 YR4 is coming to an orbit near you. Chilling animations depict the apocalyptic impact that “city-killer” asteroid YR4 2024 could have if it did hit Earth — while astronomers warn ...
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Animation of Hayabusa2’s touchdown on asteroid 1998 KY26

This animation shows the touchdown manoeuvre that Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft is likely to perform when it reaches its target in 2031, in a brief encounter with the asteroid 1998 KY26. Now that a new ...
Time

Asteroid Redirect Mission: NASA Animation

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Moonfish, a haunting animation, captures a tragedy in space

Daniel Zvereff’s animation, Moonfish, exposes the grief-filled and strange reality of space miner Cassius’s life working on an asteroid after things go tragically wrong. Drawn in black and white, it’s ...