‘City-killer’ asteroid may hit Earth: Scary animation shows what YR4 2024 could do to a city like New York. Watch viral videoAn asteroid named 2024 YR4 has a slight chance of impacting Earth or the Moon in December 2032, with a 2.1% and 0.3% probability, respectiv...
14 Feb, 2025, 11.24 AM IST
Will Asteroid 2024 YR4 collide with Earth in 2032? What you need to knowExperts estimate that there’s a 1.2 per cent chance that Asteroid 2024 YR4, discovered on December 27, could collide with Earth in late 203...
01 Feb, 2025, 12.36 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
Empire State building-sized 'God of Chaos' asteroid approaching Earth at 30,000 km per hour, NASA on high alertThe asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the "God of Chaos," is set for a near-Earth flyby on November 13, passing within 19,000 miles of our planet...
12 Nov, 2024, 12.52 PM IST
NASA's big plans are to build 1000-strong spacecraft to destroy asteroids heading for EarthThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced that they will safeguard Earth by creating a 1000-strong spacecraft army fr...
17 Oct, 2024, 10.58 PM IST
Will Nasa use a nuclear bomb to blow up an asteroid and save Earth from extinction? Here's what we knowNASA has created a contingency plan to protect Earth from large asteroids, which includes the use of nuclear explosions as a last resort.
16 Oct, 2024, 11.57 PM IST
NASA has a new plan to protect Earth from Asteroids, including a '1000-strong' space armyNasa has unveiled a plan to defend Earth from potential "planet killer" asteroids. The strategy includes sending spacecraft armies to inter...
14 Oct, 2024, 12.59 PM IST
Multiple asteroids may have contributed to dinosaur extinction, scientists revealNew research points to a second asteroid impact possibly contributing to the extinction of dinosaurs, challenging the long-held belief of a...
06 Oct, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Can X-rays, used for broken bones, be NASA's secret weapon to help save Earth from killer asteroids? Here's what scientists sayScientists at Sandia National Laboratories have made significant strides in understanding how nuclear explosions could be employed to defle...
26 Sep, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Five Asteroids to Fear: NASA warns of space rocks with one packing firepower of nearly 5 mn Hiroshima bombs!Asteroid Alert: NASA actively monitors asteroids that could potentially threaten Earth. The most concerning is Bennu, which has a 1 in 2,70...
23 Sep, 2024, 02.13 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
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
Three asteroids hurtling towards Earth. Will they collide with it and bring catastrophe? This is what NASA has saidThe first asteroid is estimated to have a 1-in-11 million chance of hitting the Earth on October 3, 2024. It is around 340 meters in size a...
06 Apr, 2024, 08.50 PM IST
NASA to reveal images and analysis of historic asteroid sample today. How important is it?NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will ...
11 Oct, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Chelyabinsk meteor: Will asteroids hit Earth?Chelyabinsk meteor incident happened 10 years ago but apprehensions are still very much there over potential asteroid strike.
15 Feb, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
NASA is crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. Here’s how to watch the launchNASA plans to host a livestream of the launch on its YouTube channel starting at 12:30 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday.
24 Nov, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
How deep-sea creatures survived dinosaur-killing asteroidThis has puzzled researchers as it is widely believed that the asteroid impact cut off the food supply in the oceans by destroying free-flo...
15 Apr, 2016, 05.41 PM IST