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100x Hiroshima’s power! NASA warns of ‘city killer’ asteroid hurtling toward EarthNASA is tracking asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 2.3% chance of colliding with Earth in December 2032. The asteroid, first spotted in Decemb...14 Feb, 2025, 02.40 AM 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
- Asteroid AB 2025 Set for a Thrilling Close Encounter, Passing Just 1.2 Million Miles from EarthAsteroid AB 2025 is set to make an astonishingly close approach to Earth, passing at a distance of just 1.2 million miles. This close encou...04 Jan, 2025, 01.48 AM IST
- An airplane-sized asteroid to fly by earth on christmas eve: Here's all about itAn airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's Asteroid Watch da...20 Dec, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
- Stephen Hawking’s ‘end of the world’ prediction: Is it closer than we think?NASA and the late Stephen Hawking have raised alarms about the future of Earth, with Hawking predicting that global warming and energy cons...30 Nov, 2024, 01.49 PM IST
- NASA Alert: 4.6 billion-year-old asteroid FW13 from early solar system approaching towards Earth at 35,000 mphAsteroid Alert: NASA has announced that a 510-foot asteroid, roughly the size of a building, will make close passes by Earth. Despite its p...20 Sep, 2024, 12.05 PM IST
- ISRO Warning: Massive asteroid with 'continental scale devastation' risk approaching earthISRO is closely monitoring a large asteroid named Apophis, which is set to pass dangerously close to Earth on April 13, 2029. Apophis, meas...10 Sep, 2024, 02.53 PM IST
- Asteroid bigger than two cricket pitches is hurtling towards Earth again on September 15NASA has alerted the scientific community about asteroid 2024 ON, measuring 720 feet in diameter, which is set to approach Earth on Septemb...03 Sep, 2024, 01.12 PM 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
- NASA captures detailed images of passing asteroids, enhancing insights on planetary defenceNASA's JPL recently used radar to capture images of two passing asteroids. Asteroid 2011 UL21, discovered by Catalina Sky Survey in 2011, p...08 Jul, 2024, 02.15 PM IST
- Two giant asteroids are approaching Earth, Here's how to spot the 'Planet Killer' this weekendThis week, astronomers are anticipating the close approach of asteroid 2011 UL21, dubbed the "Planet Killer," as it swings by Earth. Despit...29 Jun, 2024, 02.39 PM IST
- NASA probe to observe near-Earth asteroid's 2029 close encounterNASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, now known as OSIRIS-APEX, is set to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis during its close approach to Earth i...10 Nov, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
- Unraveling the hidden threats of asteroids: Real risks and near missesAsteroids vary in size and impact potential, and understanding the frequency and seriousness of their encounters with Earth is crucial. Lar...04 Aug, 2023, 12.27 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
- NASA's DART mission first step to prevent possible armageddon, say Indian scientistsIn a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to ...27 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
- NASA releases national strategy to defend Earth from asteroid attackWashington, June 21 (IANS) In a key step to defend Earth from potentially devastating risks of near-Earth objects (NEOs) -- asteroids and c...21 Jun, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
- NASA plans to save Earth by knocking asteroid off its orbitWashington, July 9 (IANS) Aiming to show how to protect Earth from a future killer asteroid strike, NASA plans to crash a refrigerator-size...09 Jul, 2017, 06.17 PM IST
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