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Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change

  • May 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Asteroid Apophis will skim past Earth in 2029, and a new joint mission plans to watch every change
The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to deepen collaboration in planetary defense, alongside a dedicated agreement for collaboration on the Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses) to the near-Earth asteroid Apophis.

Originally published at Phys.org

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