What happens if the moon takes a hit? Scientists brace for a possible asteroid collisionNASA Asteroid Alert: Scientists are watching asteroid 2024 YR4 closely after it was first spotted in late 2024. While it’s no longer on a c...
31 Jul, 2025, 02.40 PM IST
Asteroid 2024 YR4 may smash into moon, wipe out 10,000 satellites, and trigger meteor showers on earthAsteroid 2024 YR4: Scientists detected Asteroid 2024 YR4. It may hit the Moon. There is a 4% chance of impact. A collision could create a l...
31 Jul, 2025, 12.29 AM IST
Plane-sized Asteroid 2025 OW will fly-by at 47,000 mph this week, but NASA scientists say it’s nothing newA large asteroid named 2025 OW will pass by Earth on 28 July at a distance of about 393,000 miles, travelling at nearly 47,000 mph. NASA co...
27 Jul, 2025, 11.42 AM IST
Why scientists are still worried about Asteroid 2024 YR4 even though Earth is safeAsteroid 2024 YR4, initially considered a minor threat to Earth, is now being monitored for a potential Moon impact in 2032. While Earth is...
14 Jul, 2025, 05.35 PM IST
Asteroid more powerful than Hiroshima atomic bomb may miss Earth, but could still cause major disruptionAsteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to be on a collision course with Earth, now has an extremely low chance of impact. However, scientists warn ...
20 Jun, 2025, 12.09 AM IST
Believe it or not: This asteroid may collide with Moon in 2032. Here’s all we knowAsteroid 2024 YR4, once seen as a major Earth threat, now shows a slightly higher chance of hitting the Moon in 2032. While no longer a dan...
11 Jun, 2025, 01.06 AM IST
Asteroid 2024 YR4 poses threat to Moon, NASA says chances of collision happens once 1,000 years. All detailsAsteroid 2024 YR4: Asteroid 2024 YR4 might spare Earth but it poses a threat to Moon. The asteroid that had a good chance of crashing onto ...
04 Mar, 2025, 04.55 PM IST
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth testThe European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft, launched by SpaceX, is embarking on a mission to examine the asteroid Dimorphos, which was imp...
07 Oct, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
European Space Agency to send spacecraft past Mars for 'crime scene investigation'The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft is set to investigate the aftermath of NASA’s DART mission, which successfully deflected the as...
04 Oct, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
Could Nasa’s DART mission create a man-made meteor shower? Here’s what you need to knowIn the aftermath of NASA's DART mission, over two million pounds of space debris have been created. This could lead to a man-made meteor sh...
02 Sep, 2024, 09.15 AM IST
A house-size, 58-foot asteroid approaching earth at 28119 kmph, says NASANASA has reported that a giant asteroid called 2023 HU4 is approaching Earth at a speed of 28119 kmph. The asteroid is 58 feet in size and ...
27 Apr, 2023, 01.00 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
Humans can save Earth from ‘killer’ planetary bodies, reveals DARTThe Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission provides evidence that humanity can protect Earth from the impact of planetary bodies.
03 Mar, 2023, 10.55 PM 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
NASA to use nuclear weapons to defend Earth from asteroids?NASA is looking into the possibility of destroying hazardous asteroids using nuclear weapons to defend our planet.
23 Jun, 2015, 08.09 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
Learning with the Times: Comets originate beyond orbits of outermost planetComets are space debris or leftover fragments after the formation of the solar system. They originate from a region beyond the orbits of th...
17 Nov, 2014, 11.41 AM IST