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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- Near-Earth object alert! 84-foot asteroid heads towards Earth. Will it collide or pass safely? Details hereAstronomers are tracking asteroid 2024 XS3, an 84-foot space rock, passing Earth at a distance of 2,080,000 miles today. Scientists confirm...18 Dec, 2024, 09.23 PM IST
- Geminid Meteor shower peaks: A celestial spectacle you can’t miss; All you need to knowThe Geminid meteor shower, known for its bright and fast meteors, peaks on December 14-15, 2023. Originating from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, t...14 Dec, 2024, 07.51 AM 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
- NASA's 'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis approaching Earth again, Here's what we know about S-type space objectOn April 13, 2029, asteroid 99942 Apophis will pass within 20,000 miles of Earth, offering a unique scientific opportunity. Discovered in 2...09 Sep, 2024, 11.43 AM IST
- Apophis, ‘God of Destruction’ is set to skim Earth's orbit; Why scientists are watching closelyIn 2029, asteroid Apophis will make a close flyby, passing just 20,000 miles from Earth, an event visible to millions without telescopes. T...18 Aug, 2024, 05.56 PM IST
- Asteroids bigger than the Qutub Minar are approaching Earth at super high speeds, reports NASAOn July 23, 2024, Earth will encounter two asteroids, (2024 LY2) and (2024 NH), which will pass at close distances. The larger, (2024 LY2),...23 Jul, 2024, 10.56 AM IST
- Want to name asteroids that orbit the Sun? Here is how you can do itThe International Astronomical Union and Radiolab are hosting a naming contest for Earth's quasi-moons, asteroids orbiting the Sun. Submiss...24 Jun, 2024, 10.48 PM IST
- Psyche: NASA spacecraft embarks on mysterious mission to find rare metal asteroidNASA's Psyche spacecraft has begun its six-year journey to a metal-covered asteroid. This will be the first exploration of a metal world, w...14 Oct, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
- 'City Killer' asteroid to pass by Earth. Check dateOn Saturday, March 25, a colossal asteroid will fly past Earth, and space experts anticipate that it will approach at a close enough range ...24 Mar, 2023, 09.42 PM IST
- NASA asteroid mission on hold due to late software deliveryThe Psyche mission to a strange metal asteroid of the same name was supposed to launch this September or October. But the agency's Jet Prop...25 Jun, 2022, 07.29 AM IST
- Large asteroid to pass by Earth on FridayWashington, 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 1Washington, 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
- India, US must collaborate more on space research: NASA scientistNew 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
- NASA aims to send spacecraft to giant 'metal' asteroidNew York, Jan 19 (IANS) NASA is preparing to send a spacecraft to a giant "metal" asteroid that may tell scientists the secret of how our s...19 Jan, 2017, 02.55 PM IST
- NASA selects 2 missions to explore solar system's asteroidsWashington, Jan 5 (IANS) Aiming to find important clues to the earliest history of the solar system, NASA has announced two missions -- one...05 Jan, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
- School children from India join global hunt for asteroidsNeelabh Singh from Amity International School found the workshop entertaining and informative and says he is excited to learn the asteroid-...26 Jun, 2016, 12.33 PM IST
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