Newly discovered asteroid to fly extremely close to Earth, closer than the moon on October 15Asteroid 2025 TP5, discovered just two days before its approach, will fly past Earth on October 15 at a dangerously close distance of about...
16 Oct, 2025, 12.57 AM IST
Is Asteroid 2024 YR4 going to impact Earth and how much damage would it cause? NASA has the answerAsteroid 2024 YR4 is between 40 and 90 meters in diameter, about the size of a large apartment block. The asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered in ...
03 Mar, 2025, 03.51 PM IST
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Is Earth in danger? Scientists assess the risk of a 32-story-sized space rockThe European Space Agency (ESA) has increased the estimated risk of asteroid 2024 YR4 impacting Earth on 22 December 2032, now at 2.2%. Fir...
08 Feb, 2025, 10.27 AM IST
NASA says it has discovered DNA ingredients on an asteroid, substantiating the fact that alien life existedThe DNA ingredients discovered on the asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission suggest that life-building blocks exist beyond Earth.
31 Jan, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
Teen astronomer from Noida makes astounding asteroid discovery – NASA reacts!A 14-year-old Noida student, Daksh Malik, identifies an asteroid through NASA's International Asteroid Discovery Project. With his discover...
27 Jan, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
NASA's asteroid warning: Will the 84-foot giant get too close for comfort?Asteroid 2024 XS3 will pass Earth on December 19, 2024, at a safe distance of 2,080,000 miles. While there is no risk of collision, the fly...
19 Dec, 2024, 12.58 PM IST
Is it real? Everyone on the planet could become a billionaire if NASA can get this asteroid back to Earth; here's whyNASA has already made history in the last few decades and is already on the way of making some more, based on their latest discovery of a a...
24 Nov, 2024, 02.29 AM IST
NASA watches 110-foot Sardar Patel's Statue of Unity sized asteroid at 30,381 km/h towards Earth-Will it hit?Asteroid 2024 OR1, detected by NASA, approached Earth on August 6, 2024. With a diameter of 110 feet and traveling at 30,381 kilometers per...
08 Aug, 2024, 04.34 PM IST
Statue of Liberty-sized asteroid zooms towards Earth at breakneck speed; NASA issues warningNASA has issued a warning about asteroid 2024 MT1, a large object heading towards Earth at 65,215 km/h. Despite its size—about as big as th...
10 Jul, 2024, 08.03 PM IST
Are we safe? NASA tracking monster 1.5-km-wide asteroid heading towards earthNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory used radar to study 2011 UL21, a 1.5 km-wide binary with a moonlet, on June 27. On June 29, they examined ...
04 Jul, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
NASA warns of potential planet-sized asteroid impact: There's 72% chance of Earth collision on this dateNASA's hypothetical exercise reveals a 72% chance of a potentially hazardous asteroid hitting Earth, highlighting gaps in Earth's preparedn...
01 Jul, 2024, 01.16 PM IST
School students in India discover 18 new asteroidsOver the last two years, 150 students from all around India participated in this two month long campaign to find asteroids, making this the...
28 Feb, 2021, 04.18 PM IST
- NASA moves up launch of mission to metal asteroid
Washington, May 25 (IANS) NASA has announced plans to launch its mission to a unique metal asteroid a year ahead of the original schedule.
25 May, 2017, 01.31 PM IST
- India, US must collaborate more on space research: NASA scientist
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India and the US should collaborate more on space research programmes, a prominent scientist from the US space age...
21 Jan, 2017, 07.25 PM IST
Five projects on shortlist for NASA's next planetary missionThe NASA Discovery Program is sorting through suggestions for the agency's next spaceflight investigation. NASA released a shortlist of jus...
01 Oct, 2015, 02.31 PM IST
NASA mission to pluck a boulder off asteroidThe mission was one of two under consideration by NASA to develop technologies and equipment needed to one day send astronauts to Mars.
26 Mar, 2015, 05.03 PM IST
NASA software to help detect new asteroids betterWith more telescopes scanning the sky, the ever-increasing volume of data makes it impossible for astronomers to verify each detection by h...
16 Mar, 2015, 04.26 PM IST