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Earth’s close encounter with jumbo jet-sized asteroid as it screams past closer than moon; scientists study rare near-miss encounterAsteroid 2025 QD8, about 22 meters wide, safely passed Earth on Wednesday at a distance of 135,500 miles, closer than the Moon. NASA confir...
NASA alert: Giant jet-sized Asteroid to whiz past Earth tomorrow at shocking speed of 28,000mphA newly discovered asteroid, 2025 QD8, roughly the size of a commercial jet, is set to pass Earth at a distance of 135,465 miles. While cla...
New space telescope finds 2,100 asteroids even before official launchThe Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, even before its official opening, has identified over 2,100 new asteroids. This powerful telescope ...
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...
NASA issues major update on ‘city-killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4—Is Earth safe?NASA has confirmed that asteroid 2024 YR4, once feared to pose a serious risk to Earth, now has an almost zero chance of impact. Detected i...
At odds on multiple fronts, the U.S. and China may need to collaborate on this significant, Earth-shattering project; here's everything about itAsteroid 2024 YR4, with a diameter of 40-90 metres, has a 2.2% chance of hitting Earth by 2032. Scientists and agencies like ESA are closel...
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...
Is the planet Earth in danger? What was found in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars by the James Webb Space Telescope?The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a number of small asteroids, some of which may be heading towards Earth.
Asteroid on collision course with Earth: Here’s asteroid size, impact timing, effect and where to watchA small asteroid, about 70 cm in diameter, is set to enter Earth's atmosphere over northern Siberia tonight. The event, expected around 9:4...
Stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth today; can it be seen, will it crash on Earth? Here's all you need to knowThe public has been informed by NASA that the stadium-sized asteroid 2024 ON will pass near Earth today. The 290-meter-wide asteroid will p...
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...
How NASA's new washing machine-sized instrument will help protect Earth from asteroidsNASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission aims to detect and track asteroids and comets that pose a threat to Earth. The infrared space tel...
Near-Earth Object NASA Warning: When will 110-foot-wide asteroid pass Earth? See if it will pose threat or notNASA is tracking asteroid 2020 RL, which will make a close approach to Earth on August 26, 2024. The 110-foot-wide asteroid will pass withi...
NASA spacecraft DART is set to crash into asteroid. Here's why?NASA plans to strike a minor and harmless asteroid a million miles away. NASA’s spacecraft, named Dart, will zero in on the asteroid to cru...
- First known interstellar asteroid is cigar-shaped 'oddball'
Washington, Nov 21 (IANS) An interstellar asteroid that was first found passing through our solar system in mid-October is a cigar-shaped o...
- Asteroid to pass by Earth on Thursday
Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) A small asteroid will safely pass by Earth on Thursday at a distance of approximately 42,000 kilometres, just abo...
- 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...
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...
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...
Giant asteroid to whizz past Earth on October 31A potentially hazardous giant asteroid with an 'extremely eccentric' orbit is set to fly past the Earth on October 31 at over 125,529 kilom...