Nasa's plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds
7 years ago

Nasa's plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa's plan to deflect deadly asteroids wouldn't be up to the job of keeping us safe from the deadly asteroid that could one day hit us, a study has found. But the new study finds that for significant dangers like Bennu the plan would not be enough. But researchers found that plan would not be enough for asteroids like Bennu, which pose a considerable amount of danger. That would involve detonating the bomb some distance from an asteroid like Bennu, with the hope that the energy of the blast would deflect it off course.

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Why do the odds of asteroids hitting Earth keep fluctuating?
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Why do the odds of asteroids hitting Earth keep fluctuating?

Salon  

Recently the asteroid 2024 YR4, which is expected to pass Earth in 2032, was calculated to have a 1 in 83 chance of striking our planet. The impact would be much less damaging if it occurred over the ocean, as asteroid 2024 YR4 is not large enough even at the outer range of projections to trigger a tsunami. Reality does …

‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
3 weeks, 6 days ago

‘City killer’ asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After two months of observations, scientists have almost fully ruled out any threat from the asteroid 2024 …

Warning from NASA: Huge asteroid to impact Earth by 2032, predicting to be a City-Killer
1 month ago

Warning from NASA: Huge asteroid to impact Earth by 2032, predicting to be a City-Killer

India TV News  

Warning from NASA: Huge asteroid to impact Earth by 2032, predicting to be a City-Killer While NASA’s latest estimates indicate a slight increase in risk, experts continue to believe that as more data is gathered, the impact probability will drop to 0 per cent. NASA’s data suggests that December 22, 2032, is the potential impact date if the asteroid were …

Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say
1 month, 1 week ago

Asteroid headed towards Earth could smash into the Moon, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy New calculations suggest that a large asteroid recently predicted to have an increased …

Earth at risk? NASA scientists predict major consequences if asteroid Bennu collides in 2182
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Earth at risk? NASA scientists predict major consequences if asteroid Bennu collides in 2182

India Today  

The rocky object called Bennu is classified as a near-Earth asteroid, currently making its closest approach to Earth every six years at about 186,000 miles away. "The solar dimming due to dust would cause an abrupt global 'impact winter' characterized by reduced sunlight, cold temperature and decreased precipitation at the surface," said Lan Dai, a postdoctoral research fellow at the …

Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes into Earth in 2182
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Terrifying simulation reveals exactly what will happen if asteroid Bennu crashes into Earth in 2182

Daily Mail  

Of the thousands of space rocks whizzing through the solar system, there is one that has astronomers more worried than any other. If Bennu hit Earth, Dr Dai and his co-authors estimate that 100 to 400 million tonnes of dust would linger above Earth for around two years. However, the more lasting impact would come from the 100-400 million tonnes …

Could this asteroid crash end humanity? Scientists reveal what will happen in 2182
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Could this asteroid crash end humanity? Scientists reveal what will happen in 2182

India Today  

Earth is visited by numerous asteroids daily and almost all of them remain harmless, except for a certain few. To determine the potential impact, researchers from the ICCP set out to simulate an idealized collision scenario with a medium-sized asteroid using a state-of-the-art climate model. "The potential collision of such medium-sized asteroids can inject massive amounts of dust into the …

‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to fly close by Earth, How to watch it live?

Hindustan Times  

A mountain-sized space rock is set to fly past Earth on Thursday, June 27. Dubbed the “Planet Killer,” 2011 UL21 will be one of the closest asteroids to approach the Blue Planet. Planet Killer asteroid will fly by Earth on June 27 ‘Planet Killer’ asteroid to buzz past Earth The giant space rock was first discovered in 2011 and orbits …

Earth is poorly prepared for asteroid strike - even if we had an advance warning of 14 years, official report finds
9 months ago

Earth is poorly prepared for asteroid strike - even if we had an advance warning of 14 years, official report finds

Daily Mail  

Being wiped out by a massive space rock that hits Earth at thousands of miles an hour is one of the ways humanity could go extinct. On average, Earth is hit by a football pitch-sized rock every 5,000 years, and a civilisation-ending asteroid every one million years, according to NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Billy Bob Thornton as Dan Truman, a …

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…
9 months ago

NASA's big statement on astroids threat, no large asteroids identified that could cause damage, but if that happens…

Hindustan Times  

Imagine if scientists found a massive asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth in 14 years—a space rock so large it could obliterate a city and wreak havoc across an entire region. NASA says earth safe from any asteroid threat for the next one century This is the hypothetical scenario that NASA experts, federal emergency managers, and their international …

Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond
9 months ago

Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond

NPR  

Asteroid headed toward Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond toggle caption Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/NASA Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole region. While …

NASA predicts asteroid Bennu may hit Earth in THIS year | Details
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA predicts asteroid Bennu may hit Earth in THIS year | Details

India TV News  

NASA has reason to believe that the asteroid Bennu which was discovered in 1999 can hit the Earth in 159 years. NASA has estimated that this asteroid may hit the Earth on September 24, 2182. In 2021, a NASA spacecraft successfully touched down on the rugged surface of asteroid Bennu and collected a sample of rocks dating back to the …

NASA monitoring this asteroid taller than Empire State Building, capable of generating 1,200 megatons of energy
1 year, 5 months ago

NASA monitoring this asteroid taller than Empire State Building, capable of generating 1,200 megatons of energy

Hindustan Times  

Astronomers from NASA are closely monitoring ‘Bennu,’ a massive cosmic object measuring 1,610 feet in width. Asteroid Bennu Bennu is estimated to be taller than the Empire State Building in New York City and, if it were to impact Earth, it could release a staggering 1,200 megatons of energy. Despite NASA's assessment of a low likelihood of collision with Earth, …

Bennu Asteroid To Hit Earth After 159 Years With Force Equal To 22 Atomic Bombs: NASA
1 year, 5 months ago

Bennu Asteroid To Hit Earth After 159 Years With Force Equal To 22 Atomic Bombs: NASA

News 18  

We come across numerous bizarre stories on the internet every day, and predictions about the end of the world have been a recurring theme throughout such claims. The recent news that an asteroid named Bennu is projected to collide with Earth in 159 years, specifically on September 24, 2182, causing worldwide extinction, has captured widespread attention. NASA, however, emphasised that …

’Enough to wipe a city’, catastrophic asteroid set to pass Earth
2 years ago

’Enough to wipe a city’, catastrophic asteroid set to pass Earth

Live Mint  

An asteroid with enough size to destroy a city will pass through the space between the Earth and the moon's orbit on Saturday. The asteroid, named 2023 DZ2, was found just a month ago and is set to have a close encounter with the moon on Saturday, passing within a distance of 320,000 miles. “There is no chance of this …

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid?

The Hindu  

In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. Dart, the Impactor The Johns Hopkins lab took a minimalist approach in developing Dart — short for Double Asteroid Redirection Test — given that it’s essentially a battering ram and faces sure destruction. Another spacecraft, Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, is loaded into …

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid
2 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. DART, THE IMPACTOR Johns Hopkins …

Science for All | The strange surface of asteroid Bennu
2 years, 8 months ago

Science for All | The strange surface of asteroid Bennu

The Hindu  

This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! NASA’s space mission to study asteroid Bennu could have ended in disaster if it did not leave immediately after collecting samples from its surface in October 2020. The space organisation has revealed its findings after analysing the …

No, The Riskiest Asteroid Won't Collide With Earth In 2052; Details Inside
2 years, 8 months ago

No, The Riskiest Asteroid Won't Collide With Earth In 2052; Details Inside

News 18  

It is safe to say that the riskiest asteroid known to humankind will not impact the Earth, at least not for the next century. A threatening space rock topping the risk lists around the globe for months, with a real chance of striking Earth on April 2, 2052, has been removed from the dangerous category. The European Space Agency ’s …

China plans to alter orbit of dangerous asteroids with new planetary defence technology
2 years, 10 months ago

China plans to alter orbit of dangerous asteroids with new planetary defence technology

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Wu Yanhua, deputy director of the China National Space Administration, described how the ground- and space-based warning …

Deflecting asteroids like Bennu may require 'multiple bumps'
3 years, 6 months ago

Deflecting asteroids like Bennu may require 'multiple bumps'

Daily Mail  

Deflecting an asteroid such as Bennu, which has a small chance of hitting Earth in about a century and a half, could require multiple small impacts from some sort of massive human-made deflection device, according to experts. Although there is a slight chance Bennu will smash into Earth over the next three centuries, NASA notes there is more than a …

Nasa now knows when asteroid Bennu is most likely to crash into Earth
3 years, 7 months ago

Nasa now knows when asteroid Bennu is most likely to crash into Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Bennu will make a close approach to Earth in 2135, and scientists will use that passing to …

Nasa scientists learn more about asteroid Bennu’s future orbit
3 years, 7 months ago

Nasa scientists learn more about asteroid Bennu’s future orbit

Live Mint  

In a study released this week, researchers at Nasa used precision-tracking data from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to better understand movements of the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu through the year 2300. “NASA’s Planetary Defense mission is to find and monitor asteroids and comets that can come near Earth and may pose a hazard to our planet,” said Kelly Fast, program manager …

Asteroid Bennu has slightly higher chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, scientists track movement
3 years, 7 months ago

Asteroid Bennu has slightly higher chance of hitting Earth than previously thought, scientists track movement

India Today  

The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The spacecraft collected enough data over 2 1/2 years to help scientists better predict the asteroid’s orbital path well into the future. If Bennu did slam into Earth, it wouldn’t wipe out life, dinosaur-style, but rather create a crater roughly 10 …

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too
3 years, 7 months ago

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too

NPR  

Got Plans For Sept. 24, 2182? This Big Asteroid Might, Too toggle caption NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona A potentially dangerous asteroid called Bennu has a 1 in 1,750 chance of hitting Earth between now and the year 2300. "The impact probability went up just a little bit, but it's not a significant change," says Davide Farnocchia at the Center for Near …

Nasa asteroid simulation ends in unavoidable disaster for Earth
3 years, 10 months ago

Nasa asteroid simulation ends in unavoidable disaster for Earth

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “These exercises ultimately help the planetary defence community communicate with each other and with our governments to …

Asteroid Apophis Won’t Crash Down on Earth in 2068, Twitter Can't Decide if It's Good News or Bad
3 years, 11 months ago

Asteroid Apophis Won’t Crash Down on Earth in 2068, Twitter Can't Decide if It's Good News or Bad

News 18  

The US space agency NASA recently assured that the Earth is safe from the asteroid Apophis for at least a century. “A 2068 impact is not in the realm of possibility anymore, and our calculations don’t show any impact risk for at least the next 100 years,” Davide Farnocchia of NASA’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies. Learn more: https://t.co/6a7zxeSLYF pic.twitter.com/EX8KXlXpWP— …

Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study
4 years, 4 months ago

Asteroid Bennu Has Been in Earth's Vicinity for 1.75 Million Years, Reveals New Study

News 18  

Asteroid Bennu has been in the news for the past few weeks for NASA’s historic sample collection mission on the space rock. Research has revealed that the asteroid has been in an orbit that brings it astronomically close to our home planet for 1.75 million years. The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sent by NASA to collect samples from the asteroid has proved …

Massive asteroids JF1, Apophis to graze Earth in 2020s; planetary defence courtesy NASA, ESA still underway
5 years, 4 months ago

Massive asteroids JF1, Apophis to graze Earth in 2020s; planetary defence courtesy NASA, ESA still underway

Firstpost  

The Earth is no stranger to close encounters with space rocks. Near-Earth asteroids that will come fairly “close” but not collide with Earth, too, are listed in a detailed and exhaustive database called the ‘Close Approaches’ database, managed by NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Objects Studies. There’s another “potentially hazardous” asteroid 99942 Apophis — 340-m wide — which will make a …

NASA’s spacecraft is orbiting closer to an asteroid than ever before
5 years, 9 months ago

NASA’s spacecraft is orbiting closer to an asteroid than ever before

CNN  

CNN — In the dark and lonely place that is space, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission has managed to reach a new level of proximity as it studies an asteroid. After a maneuver, the spacecraft in NASA’s asteroid study mission is orbiting closer to a planetary body than any spacecraft has ever come, the space agency said. The mission recently entered a …

Unexpected discoveries from near-Earth asteroid Bennu about origins of life, Nasa reveals
6 years ago

Unexpected discoveries from near-Earth asteroid Bennu about origins of life, Nasa reveals

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa has revealed "unexpected" findings from the first data received back from a …

HOW IS NASA STEPPING UP ITS EFFORTS TO STOP DEADLY ASTEROIDS HITTING EARTH?
6 years, 9 months ago

HOW IS NASA STEPPING UP ITS EFFORTS TO STOP DEADLY ASTEROIDS HITTING EARTH?

Daily Mail  

The US government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents. The initiative backed by Nasa, federal emergency officials, and the White House aims to coordinate efforts over the next 10 years to detect and respond to possible threats in Earth's vicinity, should they arise. The U.S. government …

US steps up plan to defend Earth from devastating asteroid impacts
6 years, 9 months ago

US steps up plan to defend Earth from devastating asteroid impacts

Daily Mail  

The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to protect the planet from incoming asteroids that could wipe out entire regions or even continents. The new document, titled ‘The National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan,’ establishes five strategic goals to reduce the risk of an asteroid strike. ‘Implementing the National Near-Earth Object Preparedness Strategy and Action Plan will greatly …

Only 117 years ‘til this asteroid (possibly) hits us
7 years ago

Only 117 years ‘til this asteroid (possibly) hits us

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Don Lincoln is a physics researcher who studies the laws of nature. NASA has announced that on September 22, 2135, there is a small chance an asteroid a third of a mile across will slam into the Earth with an impact energy equivalent to the currently deployed arsenal of US nuclear ballistic missiles. Meteors like the Chelyabinsk one …

Saving the Earth: NASA might use nukes to protect the planet from a deadly asteroid
7 years ago

Saving the Earth: NASA might use nukes to protect the planet from a deadly asteroid

India Today  

Just past Earth's home in the solar system, around 94 million miles from the Sun, a coal-black asteroid, Bennu, gradually rotates as it circles our star. About HAMMER - NASA's plan to save the earth A joint venture between NASA and weapons labs from the Energy Department has resulted in the design of a spacecraft capable of saving the planet …

Here is what it will take to avoid extinction by asteroid
8 years, 5 months ago

Here is what it will take to avoid extinction by asteroid

BBC  

Here is what it will take to avoid extinction by asteroid To prevent a similar event from changing entire geological periods, we need to be prepared Watch the video above to see one scientist's plans to watch the skies and save humanity. Megan Bruck Syal, postdoctoral researcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, works on the Asteroid Impact and Deflection …

NASA to send spacecraft to probe asteroid that may destroy Earth
8 years, 7 months ago

NASA to send spacecraft to probe asteroid that may destroy Earth

India TV News  

An asteroid that will pass by the earth, as it does every six years, has scientists deeply worried. The reason behind the unease is the fear among the scientists that the asteroid may one day collide with the Earth, causing massive destruction. According to Daily Mail report, the NASA spacecraft, OSRIS-REx, will be launched in September this year and is …

Asteroid 'headed to destroy Earth' almost certainly isn’t real, Nasa says
9 years, 6 months ago

Asteroid 'headed to destroy Earth' almost certainly isn’t real, Nasa says

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This week, news reports of “prophet” Efrain Rodriguez’s claim that an asteroid is about to …

Anniversary of Chelyabinsk asteroid impact: We need to test a deflector mission.
11 years, 1 month ago

Anniversary of Chelyabinsk asteroid impact: We need to test a deflector mission.

Slate  

Your odds of dying in an asteroid impact are about one in 700,000. * * * The Earth gets hit by about 100 tons of material every day, but that’s in the form of tiny pebbles that burn up high in the atmosphere and produce shooting stars. The Chelyabinsk asteroid was 19 meters in diameter, and, on average, we should …

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