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
This asteroid has 1-in-63 chance of hitting the Earth in 2032On December 27, 2024, NASA's Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System in Chile first detected asteroid 2024 YR4. Estimated to be betwe...
03 Feb, 2025, 09.26 PM IST
Massive 330 feet 'city-destroying' asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth, says NASA. Check dateA 'city-destroying' asteroid could hit Planet Earth within the next 10 years. The asteroid is called 2024 YR4 and it was found by NASA's As...
01 Feb, 2025, 02.17 PM IST
What are scientists saying about the colossal asteroid that could hit Earth? Here are some points to ponderRecent reports have shed light on an extremely dangerous and shocking fact that eminent scientists are eventually predicting that a colossa...
01 Feb, 2025, 02.29 AM IST
2024 PT5: All about the asteroid that will become Earth's mini moon for two monthsThe asteroid 2024 PT5 will orbit Earth briefly from September 29 to November 25, 2024, acting as a mini moon. It was discovered in August 2...
20 Sep, 2024, 10.01 PM IST
Earth set to capture temporary mini-moon asteroid 2024 PT5; Here's what you need to knowAsteroid 2024 PT5 is scheduled to become a temporary mini-moon around Earth from September 29 to November 25, 2024. The 10-meter asteroid w...
14 Sep, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Rare green comet 'Nishimura' graces our skies after 400 years; here's when and where you can catch itA rare green comet named Nishimura will be visible in the Northern Hemisphere until early next week. The comet, about a kilometer in size, ...
10 Sep, 2023, 11.55 AM IST
NASA: Mystery object orbiting Earth is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroidBut NASA's top asteroid expert, Paul Chodas, quickly suspected it was the Centaur upper rocket stage from Surveyor 2, a failed 1966 moon-la...
04 Dec, 2020, 08.25 AM IST
2020 QG: Twenty-ft-long, closest-ever asteroid passes Earth over Indian OceanIt was moving at nearly 12.3 kilometres per second.
19 Aug, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
- Large asteroid to pass by Earth on Friday
Washington, Sep 1 (IANS) A near-Earth asteroid about 4.4 km in size will pass safely by our planet on Friday, at a distance of about seven ...
01 Sep, 2017, 11.02 AM 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
NASA to observe asteroid flyby to test planetary defense techEven though scientists cannot yet predict exactly how close it will approach, they are certain it will come no closer than 6,800 kilometres...
30 Jul, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
No asteroid threatening to hit Earth next month: NASANumerous recent blogs and web postings are erroneously claiming that an asteroid will impact Earth sometime between September 15 and 28.
20 Aug, 2015, 02.37 PM IST