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12 Oct 2022

NASA's DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in first planetary defence test

NASA's DART spacecraft has hit a target asteroid in the first planetary defence test This was confirmed by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson This was humanity's first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body

27 Sep 2022

Just like 'Armageddon', NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test

NASA spacecraft Dart rammed an asteroid named Dimorphos, which was 9.6 million kilometers away, in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth.

11 Jan 2022

Asteroid bigger than Big Ben to zoom past earth today - what NASA has to say

The asteroid will zoom past earth at a 3,480,000-mile distance The asteroid is approximately 104 metres wide, meaning it is wider than Big Ben is tall The most recent asteroid to hit the planet was eight years ago in Russia

24 Nov 2021

DNA: NASA launches mission DART to save Earth from asteroid attack

To protect the Earth from asteroid attacks, NASA launched the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. The purpose of this mission is to change the direction of the spacecraft by colliding with the asteroid coming towards the Earth.

06 Nov 2021

NASA to launch first planetary defence mission to deflect asteroid's path

The DART mission is planned to take off on November 23 to hit Dimorphos, a moonlet asteroid. Currently, it doesn't pose a threat to Earth.

16 Oct 2021

NASA launches Lucy mission to explore fossils of early solar system

Lucy will explore the Trojan asteroids with a suite of remote sensing instruments Lucy will be the first spacecraft to study Jupiter`s Trojan Asteroids

09 Sep 2021

OMG! Asteroid, twice as big as Empire State Building is heading to earth today

An asteroid twice the size of Empire State Building will fly past Earth today, it will be closer to our planet than moon.

21 Aug 2021

Woahh! Asteroid bigger than Burj Khalifa to pass Earth today at 94,000 kmph

This massive asteroid is called 2016 AJ193 and has been classified as ‘potentially hazardous’ by NASA. 2016 AJ193 asteroid will pass Earth at a speed of 94,208 km per hour.

12 Aug 2021

BEWARE! Asteroid the size of the Empire State Building might just hit earth!

NASA scientists said there was a 1-in-1,750 chance that Bennu, which is a bit wider than the Empire State Building is tall, could collide with Earth between now and 2300. The acorn-shaped body was formed in the early days of our solar system Bennu is about 1,650 feet (500 meters) wide

07 Apr 2021

Football-field sized asteroid '2021 AF8' nears Earth, likely to pass by May 4

Asteroid AF8 is much smaller than other large asteroids that have passed by the Earth.

21 Mar 2021

Largest asteroid to come closest to Earth today at 124,000 kmph

The largest asteroid to visit Earth in 2021 is passing by Earth today The asteroid is about as 0.8 to 1.7 kilometres in diameter It will make its closest approach at a distance of about two million kilometres

06 Jan 2021

Asteroid as big as Eiffel Tower coming towards Earth - Details here

An asteroid of the size of Eiffel Tower is moving towards the earth. It may strike sometime in early 2021. The asteroid called 2021 CO247 is 0.83 times the height of the Eiffel Tower.

24 Nov 2020

Asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to fly by earth at 56,000mph on Nov 29

NASA has confirmed that the asteroid named 153201 2000 WO107, will barrel past Earth on Sunday, November 29 and is currently speeding though space at a whopping 56,000mph.

24 Oct 2020

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collects significant amount of asteroid Bennu

“Bennu continues to surprise us with great science and also throwing a few curveballs,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, NASA’s associate administrator for science. He added, “And although we may have to move more quickly to stow the sample, it’s not a bad problem to have. We are so excited to see what appears to be an abundant sample that will inspire science for decades beyond this historic moment.”

21 Oct 2020

NASA's Osiris-Rex collects samples from asteroid Bennu

A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth successfully snatched on Tuesday a sample from the celestial body's rocky surface. NASA's minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft made a four-hour descent toward the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid. At 6:12 p.m. EDT (22:12 GMT), the spacecraft performed a meticulous five-second 'touch-and-go' technique.

06 Oct 2020

Asteroid, size of a Boeing-747, heading towards Earth

An asteroid, the size of a Boeing-747, is heading towards Earth and may collide with the Earth's orbit on October 7 (Wednesday). According to asteroid monitoring centre of NASA, the asteroid named 2020 RK2 is expected to cross the Earth's orbit.

06 Oct 2020

Asteroid, the size of Boeing-747, may collide with Earth's orbit tomorrow:NASA

World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid may collide with the Earth's orbit on Wednesday (October 7). According to asteroid monitoring centre of NASA, the asteroid named 2020 RK2 is expected to cross the Earth's orbit but it will be about 2,380,000 miles away from our planet. The US-based space agency, however, expressed hope that the asteroid would not cause any damage.

24 Sep 2020

School bus-sized asteroid to fly past Earth today, but here's the good news

World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, roughly the size of a school bus, is set to zoom past Earth on Thursday (September 24). The asteroid will fly past at a distance of about 22,000 kilometres above the surface of earth. Catalina Sky Survey at the University of Arizona in Tucson discovered this asteroid named 2020 SW on Friday (September 18).

06 Sep 2020

Asteroid twice the size of Pyramid of Giza to fly past Earth today

World's premier space agency NASA has said that an asteroid, twice as big as famous Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, would cross Earth's orbit on Sunday (September 6). The diameter of the asteroid named 465824 (2010 FR) is expected to be between 120 m and 270 m. According to NASA's Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), although the asteroid is of considerable size it won't hit the Earth's surface.

31 Aug 2020

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: NASA

NASA estimates the asteroid`s relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second. The last time asteroid 2011 ES4 fly by the Earth was visible from ground for four days. The asteroid, listed as a potentially hazardous asteroid, was first discovered in the spring of 2011 and passes by Earth every nine years.

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