Will Nasa use a nuclear bomb to blow up an asteroid and save Earth from extinction? Here's what we knowNASA has created a contingency plan to protect Earth from large asteroids, which includes the use of nuclear explosions as a last resort.
16 Oct, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
NASA has a new plan to protect Earth from Asteroids, including a '1000-strong' space armyNasa has unveiled a plan to defend Earth from potential "planet killer" asteroids. The strategy includes sending spacecraft armies to inter...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
Two asteroids, including a massive 120-foot one, to fly past Earth on Sept 24. NASA says thisNasa Asteroids: Two asteroids will pass by Earth on September 24, 2024. One of them, Asteroid 2024 RO11, is notable for its size of 120 fee...
22 Sep, 2024, 05.47 PM IST
'Planet-killer asteroid' is about to cross the Earth at great speeds: How to watch it live?A planet-killer asteroid is just about to whizz past the Earth at a few thousand miles per hour, also sending dust particles up the Earth's...
27 Jun, 2024, 10.50 PM IST
Mountain-sized asteroid to reach Earth's proximity this week, here's what we knowKnown as a 'planet-killer' asteroid, it is set to pass the Earth by a very narrow distance at a rapid velocity of nearly 60,000 miles per h...
27 Jun, 2024, 12.50 AM IST
Massive asteroid collision detected by James Webb telescope, impact more than what killed dinosaursA 'cataclysmic' collision happened between two giant asteroids happened recently in one of the Earth's nearby star system, located 63 light...
13 Jun, 2024, 11.29 PM IST
Asteroid 2024 JG 15 approaching the Earth, NASA reports. Will it hit our planet?A series of Asteroids are approaching the Earth in May, according to NASA. However, none of them pose any danger.
21 May, 2024, 09.58 PM IST
NASA to reveal images and analysis of historic asteroid sample today. How important is it?NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will ...
11 Oct, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Osiris-Rex: NASA's capsule returns to Earth on Sunday with asteroid sample, here is what we knowNASA's capsule Osiris-Rex collected dust samples from asteroid Bennu and it will return to Earth on Sunday.
22 Sep, 2023, 07.52 PM IST
Massive asteroids rush towards Earth, NASA releases listAn asteroid, as huge as an airplane, will approach the Earth on April 6.
05 Apr, 2023, 12.19 PM IST
Hubble captures a time-lapse movie of DART collision: NASAThe Hubble movie offers invaluable new clues into how the debris was dispersed into a complex pattern in the days following the impact, NAS...
04 Mar, 2023, 05.04 PM IST
Comets are often found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: Here’s whyComets have been found hiding in rubbles of asteroids.
08 Jan, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudgeThe Dart spacecraft carved a crater into the asteroid Dimorphos on Sept. 26, hurling debris out into space and creating a cometlike trail o...
12 Oct, 2022, 12.41 AM IST
Asteroid dust collected by Japan probe arrives on EarthScientists hope the precious samples, which are expected to amount to no more than 0.1 grams of material, could help shed light on the orig...
06 Dec, 2020, 07.15 AM IST
Hubble spots strange binary asteroid with comet-like featuresAsteroids and comets are believed to be ancient remnants of the earliest years of the formation of our solar system more than four billion ...
21 Sep, 2017, 12.27 PM IST
'Big chill' after asteroid strike likely killed dinosaurs, suggests study14 Jan, 2017, 05.12 PM IST
Solar wind may help detect Earth-bound space rocksEven if main asteroid never comes close to planet, Earth's gravitational pull can peel smaller orbitals off and bring them directly toward ...
22 Dec, 2014, 06.12 PM IST