NASA, Earth and asteroid
A huge asteroid, as big as a car, is moving towards Earth at high speed today; NASA warns
A 17-foot asteroid, roughly the size of an airplane, will approach Earth on October 4. Named 2024 TF, it will pass by at a distance of 186,000 miles. Despite its size, NASA assures there’s no immediate danger as the asteroid’s distance poses no significant threat.
NASA Alert! 300-Feet Building-Sized Asteroid Flying Towards Earth Today: Check Speed, Distance
The asteroid will pass by our planet at a distance of 1.01 million miles—about four times the distance between Earth and the Moon.
NASA Asteroid Alert: Two asteroids to fly by earth today – Here's what we know
NASA is monitoring two asteroids, one the size of an airplane and the other like a bus, flying by Earth today. Additionally, Earth has temporarily captured a second 'moon,' a 10-meter-wide asteroid named 2024 PT5,
NASA issues alert: 300-foot building-sized asteroid hurtling towards Earth at 40,090 miles per hour
NASA has issued an important update today about a notable cosmic event. A massive 300-foot asteroid, comparable to the size of a building, is set to pass near Earth. However, scientists reassure the public that there is no cause for alarm, as it will keep a safe distance.
NASA alert! Two aeroplane sized asteroids to pass by Earth today; know about them here
NASA has alerted about two asteroids, 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4, set to pass by Earth today without posing any danger. Measuring 68 and 51 feet, they will safely pass at distances of 924,000 km and 1,670,
NASA issues sudden alert as two massive asteroids race towards Earth on collision path
NASA has been on high alert as two massive asteroids - 2024 SD3 and 2024 SR4 - are set to pass by Earth on October 3. The asteroids are being tracked by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Asteroid 2024 SD3 is 68 feet in width and is around the size of a small aeroplane.
Asteroid Apophis' path near Earth in 2029 offers rare lessons in defending planet
Apophis will travel closer to us than any similarly sized astronomical object in recorded history, scientists said. It will ...
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Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test
Europe's Hera probe is tentatively scheduled to launch Monday on a mission to inspect the damage a NASA spacecraft made when ...
Is Earth destined for another extinction-level asteroid event? | The Excerpt
Robin George Andrews, author of "How to Kill an Asteroid," joins The Excerpt to discuss how scientists are working to ...
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Belfast astronomer to take part in ESA asteroid mission
Prof Alan Fitzsimons is an astronomer from Queen’s University Belfast and has been assisting with the asteroid mission for ...
The ESA’s Hera mission takes flight toward the asteroid deflected by NASA’s DART probe two years ago
In 2022, a probe was sent crashing into an asteroid as part of a “planetary defence” test. This Monday, the second part of ...
Radar Catches Oddly Shaped Stadium-Sized Asteroid Zooming Past Earth
The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, captured a series of radar images of the near ...
Earth to capture a ‘second moon’ this weekend, NASA says
Earth will capture a miniature, “second moon” this week, according to NASA scientists. The new moon is actually a tiny ...
We could nuke an incoming asteroid. Scientists just proved it.
But asteroids aren't inherently menacing. They're just ancient objects, formed early in our solar system's history, that ...
Gizmodo Science Fair: A Clever Fix Rescued NASA’s Stuck Asteroid Samples
When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.