A massive asteroid which is larger than the famous London Eye will be approaching the Earth in just a couple of days. Meanwhile, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has issued a warning for the world over this 'hazardous asteroid'.
Asteroid 2020 KN5 is approaching Earth's orbit with an average velocity of over 28,000 miles per hour. NASA’s automated asteroid tracking system has detected an approaching near-Earth object that’s bigger than a building.
About five asteroids are headed in the direction of Earth between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday early morning, media reports quoted the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as saying.
Asteroid 1998 OR2 was discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in July 1998, and for the past two decades astronomers have tracked it.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has confirmed that a tiny asteroid will safely pass near to Earth on Wednesday. NASA has also clarified that the asteroid poses no threat to Earth, as it will not even come close to hitting the planet.
As the whole world buckled under the strain of Coronavirus, an asteroid up to 2.5 miles wide is set to pass by the Earth next month, though it'll miss by a wide margin of about 4 million miles.
Asteroid bigger than any man-made structure is hurling towards earth at a speed of 34,000 miles per hour. NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has said that the 'potentially hazardous' asteroid could come into contact with the earth on February 15 2020, at 6:05 am EST.
Not one but 13 asteroids will approach Earth this December but our planet will dodge each one of them. Some of these asteroids will come in contact with Earth's atmosphere and a few lucky ones among us will be able to witness them in the form of shooting stars.
NASA is looking to send such a telescope that will be dedicated to hunting down rogue asteroids. NASA's internal committee has approved plans.
Based on a report, a NASA video showcased all known asteroids that passed through our solar system from Jan. 1, 1999, to Jan. 31, 2018 and it showed just how many near-Earth collisions occurred during the last two decades.
Asteroid 2019 GT3 will approach Earth this Friday. The asteroid is almost as big as the Empire State Building and significantly taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris. But will it hit earth? Read to know more.
Astronomers have witnessed an asteroid changing its colour in a never-seen-before event. Asteroid 6478 Gault, sporting a comet-like dust trail, was seen changing its colour from red to blue...leaving scientists astonished, baffled and what not. This has happened for the first time.
A word of caution! An asteroid as tall as the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, is set to fly past Earth next month. This definitely sounds scary! According to the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), asteroid 2000 QW7 will zip past the third rock from the Sun on September 14.
A possible threat is approaching the Earth today. According to NASA, an asteroid named '2019 NJ2' is expected to come very close to the earth. If reports are to be believed, the asteroid is bigger than Italy's Leaning Tower of Pisa. Read further to know more.
The spacecraft, called Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will carry an optical navigation system to capture images that help the spacecraft reach its target.
Using early spectral data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team identified infrared properties similar to those in a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites.
The team studied the surface of the Moon using thermal data and images collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and compiled the ages of all lunar craters younger than about a billion years.
The team studied the surface of the Moon using thermal data and images collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and compiled the ages of all lunar craters younger than about a billion years.
NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture days before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu on New Year’s Eve.
While Bennu itself is too small to have ever hosted liquid water, the finding indicates that liquid water was present at some time on Bennu's parent body, a much larger asteroid.
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