Five asteroids, including a massive 110-foot one, to fly past earth in the next five days; NASA issues alertNASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has alerted about five asteroids passing close to Earth between August 27 and September 1. While these ast...
28 Aug, 2024, 01.46 PM IST
What is ‘Comet of the Century' and when will it come near to Earth? How, where and when it can be seen? Details hereResearchers and astronomers have said that Comet C/2023 A3 could be exceptionally bright and even outshine C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), which was s...
29 Jul, 2024, 06.33 PM IST
NASA alerts on Asteroid 2011 AM24: Is there any danger to planet Earth?NASA has sent a warning regarding the approaching asteroid 2011 AM24. NASA has verified that, despite its proximity, this asteroid poses no...
25 Jul, 2024, 09.59 PM IST
NASA tracks 160-foot asteroid approaching Earth at 37,070 km/hNASA has alerted the public about an asteroid, 2024 JY1, approaching Earth. Although large and fast, it poses no threat due to its distant ...
29 May, 2024, 09.31 PM IST
Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eyeThe comet is called C/2022 E3 (ZTF) after the Zwicky Transient Facility, which first spotted it passing Jupiter in March last year. After t...
07 Jan, 2023, 12.13 PM IST
- Big asteroid to safely pass by Earth on September 1
Washington, Aug 18 (IANS) A large near-Earth asteroid will pass safely by our planet on September 1, at a distance of about seven million k...
18 Aug, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
- Large, distant comets more common than previously thought
Washington, July 26 (IANS) Large comets that take more than 200 years to make one revolution around the Sun are more common in the universe...
26 Jul, 2017, 01.12 PM IST
- NASA probe to search for rare asteroids sharing Earth's orbit
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) While heading towards asteroid Bennu, NASA said its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth ...
13 Dec, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
New NASA programme to protect Earth from asteroids, cometsMore than 13,500 near-Earth objects of all sizes have been discovered to date - over 95 per cent of them since NASA-funded surveys began in...
17 Jan, 2016, 06.43 PM IST