{"id":207221,"date":"2025-11-29T23:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/207221\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T23:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T23:33:08","slug":"nasas-osiris-apex-probe-has-captured-striking-images-of-earth-and-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/207221\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA&#8217;s OSIRIS-APEX probe has captured striking images of Earth and the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bodytext\">NASA has conducted various missions to study many structures in our universe. Whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/The-most-violent-event-in-the-universe-could-be-visible-from-Earth-in-less-than-10-years.1153027.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">black holes<\/a>, galaxies, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/This-red-giant-has-a-new-companion-that-could-disrupt-its-evolution.1166343.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">exoplanets<\/a>, several probes are currently traveling through space to conduct research. But recently, the OSIRIS-APEX probe took incredible photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/This-asteroid-could-reach-Earth-s-orbit-in-the-next-few-years.1171761.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earth<\/a> during its journey to the asteroid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/In-4-years-2-billion-people-will-be-able-to-witness-a-unique-phenomenon-in-the-sky.1134000.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apophis<\/a>.&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">For this, it is necessary to know that this probe is heading towards this celestial object in order to study it. Indeed, this asteroid will pass about 32,000 km <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/The-most-violent-event-in-the-universe-could-be-visible-from-Earth-in-less-than-10-years.1153027.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">from Earth<\/a> on April 13, 2029, which is an exceptional event. And that&#8217;s not all, because when it gets close to Apophis, it will spend 18 months mapping it to study its composition.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"bodytext\">But one of the most remarkable facts will be an approach of about 5 meters from this asteroid. Once this maneuver is completed, the probe will turn on its engines to stir up dust and collect it. And recently, OSIRIS-APEX flew close to Earth to use its gravitational pull and increase its speed. During its flyby, it photographed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notebookcheck.net\/A-near-Earth-asteroid-passed-close-to-our-planet-on-October-1-2025.1131786.0.html\" target=\"_self\" class=\"internal-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">our planet<\/a> from a distance of 228,000 km using the MapCam camera, revealing unique details.<\/p>\n<p>Alexis Stegmann,\u00a02025-11-29\u00a0(Update:\u00a02025-11-29)<\/p>\n<p>10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA has conducted various missions to study many structures in our universe. 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