NASA discovers new potentially hazardous asteroid
11 years, 2 months ago

NASA discovers new potentially hazardous asteroid

India TV News  

Washington: NASA's latest sky-mapping spacecraft has discovered a new potentially hazardous asteroid, 43 million kilometres from Earth. It is the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer 's first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year.The spacecraft discovered a near-Earth asteroid designated 2013 YP139 on December 29. The mission's sophisticated software picked out the moving object against a background of stationary stars.As NEOWISE circled Earth scanning the sky, it observed the asteroid several times over half a day before the object moved beyond its view.Researchers at the University of Arizona used the Spacewatch telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory southwest of Tucson to confirm the discovery.NASA expects 2013 YP139 will be the first of hundreds of asteroid discoveries for NEOWISE. "We are delighted to get back to finding and characterising asteroids and comets, especially those that come into Earth's neighbourhood," said Amy Mainzer, the mission's principal investigator from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

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Nasa using world’s most powerful telescope to examine asteroid that could smash into Earth
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nasa using world’s most powerful telescope to examine asteroid that could smash into Earth

The Independent  

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NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 138 new asteroids, including Earth-threatening ones
3 months, 1 week ago

NASA's James Webb Telescope spots 138 new asteroids, including Earth-threatening ones

India TV News  

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Six asteroids to come dangerously close to Earth tonight
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Six asteroids to come dangerously close to Earth tonight

India Today  

Earth is in firing line as six asteroids, including one classified as a "near-miss," are expected to pass unusually close to Earth, according to Nasa’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies. SIX ASTEROIDS ON THEIR WAY 2024 XL11: This small asteroid, measuring between 4.7 and 10 meters, will make its closest approach at midnight UTC, passing within 0.00791 astronomical units …

5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission
3 months, 3 weeks ago

5 spectacular images of asteroids and comets from NASA’s retired NEOWISE mission

Live Mint  

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Asteroid strikes Earth just hours after it is detected
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Asteroid strikes Earth just hours after it is detected

The Independent  

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Algorithm finds 600-foot, ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid near Earth
1 year, 7 months ago

Algorithm finds 600-foot, ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid near Earth

The Independent  

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Nasa detects 1000th asteroid to come close to Earth
3 years, 6 months ago

Nasa detects 1000th asteroid to come close to Earth

India Today  

Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has tracked the 1000th Near-Earth Asteroid after its radars picked up 2021 PJ1 as it passed at a distance of just 1.7 million kilometers from Earth. A global radar system tracks NEOs “2021 PJ1 is a small asteroid, so when it passed us at a distance of over a million miles, we couldn’t obtain detailed radar …

Asteroid speeding at 94,000 kmph to approach Earth tonight, Nasa classifies it 'potentially hazardous'
3 years, 7 months ago

Asteroid speeding at 94,000 kmph to approach Earth tonight, Nasa classifies it 'potentially hazardous'

India Today  

Asteroids have always been a cause of concern for astronomers worldwide, and an object approximately 4,500 feet in diameter has joined the list as it approaches Earth. Nasa has classified asteroid 2016 AJ193 as potentially hazardous as it comes close to Earth on the night of August 21. The asteroid was first spotted by the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid …

Asteroid Photographed by Astronomers as it Flies by 'Extremely Close' to Earth
4 years, 5 months ago

Asteroid Photographed by Astronomers as it Flies by 'Extremely Close' to Earth

News 18  

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Amateur astronomer spots potentially dangerous asteroid just days before it flies past Earth
4 years, 6 months ago

Amateur astronomer spots potentially dangerous asteroid just days before it flies past Earth

The Independent  

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Comet NEOWISE is visible this month. Here’s what we know about it
4 years, 8 months ago

Comet NEOWISE is visible this month. Here’s what we know about it

CNN  

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See Comet Neowise this week, or wait 6800 years
4 years, 8 months ago

See Comet Neowise this week, or wait 6800 years

Deccan Chronicle  

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Mega asteroid as big as the Burj Khalifa to fly really close to the Earth today
5 years, 5 months ago

Mega asteroid as big as the Burj Khalifa to fly really close to the Earth today

Firstpost  

The asteroid is classified as potentially hazardous but there is no chance of it colliding with our planet. The last time this asteroid came close to earth was in June this year and next time we will see it is on 15 October 2026, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A NEO is a comet, asteroid or is any small …

Relax, asteroid 2006 QQ23 won't hit us, but it will perform a flyby on 10 August
5 years, 7 months ago

Relax, asteroid 2006 QQ23 won't hit us, but it will perform a flyby on 10 August

Firstpost  

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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  

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NASA reveals its plan to save humans from destruction
6 years, 9 months ago

NASA reveals its plan to save humans from destruction

India Today  

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Astronomers confirm that Earth's tiny companion in its orbit around the sun is an asteroid and not space debris
7 years, 5 months ago

Astronomers confirm that Earth's tiny companion in its orbit around the sun is an asteroid and not space debris

Firstpost  

Astronomers from the University of Arizona have confirmed that an object known as 2016 HO3 is an asteroid and not a piece of space debris, such as a burnt out rocket booster. Vishnu Reddy, the team lead for the study, says, “In an effort to constrain its rotation period and surface composition, we observed 2016 HO3 on April 14 and …

NASA to use asteroid flyby to test tracking capabilities of its worldwide observatory network
7 years, 7 months ago

NASA to use asteroid flyby to test tracking capabilities of its worldwide observatory network

Firstpost  

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Nasa's Neowise mission discovers a comet that may be visible from the first week of 2017
8 years, 2 months ago

Nasa's Neowise mission discovers a comet that may be visible from the first week of 2017

Firstpost  

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Asteroid ‘murder mystery’ solved
9 years, 1 month ago

Asteroid ‘murder mystery’ solved

Live Mint  

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Nasa sets up planetary defense department to tackle threat of asteroids
9 years, 2 months ago

Nasa sets up planetary defense department to tackle threat of asteroids

Daily Mail  

Nasa's new program will face the threat of deadly near-Earth objects head on. Washington based Planetary Defense Coordination Office will spearhead the ongoing search for asteroids and comets passing near Earth's orbit, and will work with disaster relief agencies to develop emergency response plans. Its Washington based task force will spearhead the ongoing search for asteroids and comets passing near …

NEOSSat to be launched by PSLV will search for asteroids heading towards Earth
12 years, 1 month ago

NEOSSat to be launched by PSLV will search for asteroids heading towards Earth

The Hindu  

A space telescope that will watch for asteroids heading in Earth’s direction and a pair of tiny astronomical satellites are among the six spacecraft that the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle -C20 will carry into orbit on Monday alongside its primary payload, the Indo-French ‘Satellite with ARgos and ALtika’. NEOSSat will be the only space telescope dedicated to searching for asteroids, …

Record asteroid to fly close to Earth › News in Science (ABC Science)
12 years, 1 month ago

Record asteroid to fly close to Earth › News in Science (ABC Science)

ABC  

News in Science Record asteroid to fly close to Earth Close encounter People living in the west of Australia are well placed to see a space rock half the size of a football field skim past Earth next weekend. Discovered last year, the asteroid called 2012 DA14 is described by NASA as 'the biggest asteroid they've ever seen passing so …

Research reduces odds of asteroid strike on Earth
14 years, 8 months ago

Research reduces odds of asteroid strike on Earth

The Hindu  

The risk of being hit by an asteroid is 10 times less than it was, thanks to a NASA initiative that has increased researchers’ knowledge about these flying rocks in space. While our planet absorbs asteroid impacts like a truck grille eats bugs, NASA’s Dr. Donald K. Yeomans has said that most of them aren’t worth getting bent out of …

The Real Twitpocalypse: Asteroid Alerts Come to Twitter
15 years, 7 months ago

The Real Twitpocalypse: Asteroid Alerts Come to Twitter

Wired  

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