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

Astronomers have made an exciting discovery of a large number of new asteroids located in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. The researchers used old images from the James Webb Space Telescope to identify these asteroids. Their efforts led to the discovery of 138 new asteroids, six of which seem to have been affected by the gravity of nearby …

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1 week, 4 days ago

A slow explosion: The violent birth of the Geminid meteor shower

BBC

A slow explosion: The violent birth of the Geminid meteor shower Getty Images The Geminids are one of the astronomical highlights of the year, creating a spectacular show of shooting stars every December. Arecibo Observatory/NASA/NSF The asteroid 3200 Phaethon, shown here in a number of radar images, is thought to be the parent of the Geminid meteor shower Phaethon's orbit …

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2 weeks ago

Earth in danger? MIT team discovers 138 small asteroids between Mars and Jupiter

India Today

Astronomers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have made a groundbreaking discovery by identifying the smallest asteroids ever detected in the main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter. Utilising advanced techniques and data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the team has successfully spotted more than 138 new decameter-sized asteroids, measuring as small as 10 meters across. Unlike their …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

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

Live Mint

NASA’s old and now-retired NEOWISE, an infrared space telescope that hunts asteroids and comets, gathered an impressive haul of observations throughout its decade in service. The majority of the other dots are stars or galaxies far beyond our solar system Asteroid 2010 TK7 is circled in green, in this single frame taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. …

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3 weeks ago

Giant, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth tomorrow | All you need to know

Hindustan Times

NASA is monitoring a “massive” asteroid which is set to pass by Earth on Tuesday. The asteroid's distance from Earth will be 5.5 million kilometers, more than 14 times the distance between the Earth and Moon. While 5.5 million kilometers is still significantly close, it is a “safe” distance in the context of space. How NASA tracks asteroids: For this, …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

Raw Story

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. The papers trace the origin of most meteorites to just a handful of asteroid breakup events – and possibly even individual asteroids. NASA/McREL One family of asteroids The two new studies place the sources of ordinary chondrite types into specific asteroid families …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine

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 Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Asteroid the Size of a 70-Story Skyscraper to Come Close to Earth

India Today

Asteroid 2020 WG is set to make a close pass by Earth on October 28, drawing significant attention from scientists. The asteroid, estimated to be between 120 to 270 meters wide, will approach Earth within approximately 3.3 million kilometers (0.02223 AU) from the planet. While it poses no threat to Earth, its close approach offers valuable insights into asteroid structure, …

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3 months ago

Earth to get ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5, orbiting for 2 months | All you need to know

Hindustan Times

Earth is set to witness a ‘mini-moon’ called 2024 PT5, a small asteroid that will not collide with Earth but will orbit around it, similar to the Moon, for a brief period of around two months by the end of this month. A study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains space rocks that …

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4 months ago

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from beyond Jupiter, study finds - so, could another 'planet killer' space rock hurtle our way soon?

Daily Mail

It is well known that the reign of the dinosaurs came to an end when a giant asteroid smashed into Earth 66 million years ago. C-type asteroids formed beyond Jupiter around 4.6 billion years ago when the solar system was born. Planet Nine is a hypothetical planet that may have existed, other studies say Jupiter is the fifth planet from …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Massive Asteroid 2024 MT1 heading towards earth at 65,000 Km/h, warns NASA

India TV News

NASA has issued a warning about a massive asteroid named 2024 MT1, which is currently barreling towards Earth at a staggering speed of 65,215 km/h. Planetary defense While there is no immediate danger of asteroid 2024 MT1 colliding with Earth, NASA’s Planetary Defense Coordination Office proactively develops strategies to mitigate potential asteroid threats. Astronomical interest The impending close approach of …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

International Asteroid Day: Asteroids fly-by Earth in serendipitous celebration

The Hindu

Two asteroids, one of them discovered earlier in June, passed by the Earth this week, a rare occurrence with serendipitous timing to commemorate the International Asteroid Day, according to space agencies around the world. Explaining the footage taken by The Virtual Telescope Project, astrophysicist Gianluca Masi said that asteroid 2024 MK, with a diameter of around 200 metres, was at …

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5 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 …

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8 months, 1 week ago

9.4-foot space horror! This asteroid set to get as close as 18700 km to Earth today, says NASA

Hindustan Times

US space agency keeps track of all near-Earth asteroids that wander anywhere close and one that is coming today, is going to get horrifically near to our planet. The reason why a wary eye is kept on the asteroids that get too close to Earth for comfort is to know well in time whether they will get any closer or …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

This massive, 370-foot asteroid set to come within 3.8 mn miles of Earth today, says NASA

Hindustan Times

After a string of smaller, under 50-foot, asteroids sailed safely past Earth over the recent weeks, US space agency NASA reveals that some huge space rocks are heading Earth’s way now. Asteroid 2024 FH2 will come close to Earth today, says NASA. It has been dubbed as Asteroid 2024 FH2 and it will get as close to 3.8 million miles …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Scary 170-foot asteroid set to fly close to Earth; NASA has all the details

Hindustan Times

Asteroids are known for the potential danger that they carry in case they collide with planets or moons. And now, US space agency NASA has detected an asteroid that is a scary 170-foot monster and it will be approaching Earth in a very close encounter. A humongous asteroid is on its way to making a close approach to Earth, reveals …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

100-foot asteroid set to buzz Earth today; NASA reveals how close it will get

Hindustan Times

A day after two 100-foot asteroids came very close to Earth, another asteroid is set to do the same today and NASA is tracking the space rock as it approaches our planet. The spotlight right now is on the 100-foot Asteroid 2024 FL3 and NASA has indicated exactly how close it will get. However, before you start worrying, just understand …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Two 100-foot asteroids set to pass Earth today; NASA reveals how close these scary space rocks will come

Hindustan Times

The US space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known through its abbreviation NASA, has revealed that as many as four asteroids are silently making their way towards Earth. Their close encounter with Earth is imminent though and as many as two asteroids are 100-foot monsters and they will approach today. NASA keeps watch as four asteroids, including …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

Live Mint

A recap of what made news in the world of science and technology this week. Google fined $272 million in news copyright issue French regulators said on 20 March that tech giant Google was being fined $272 million for breaching commitments on paying media companies for reproducing their content online and using their material for its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini …

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1 year, 2 months ago

This fall NASA is all about asteroids. What we could learn from these three missions

LA Times

An illustration of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft near the surface of a metal-rich asteroid that scientists say is similar to the building blocks of rocky planets such as Earth. The completion of the sample’s 1.2-billion-mile trip to Earth is part of a trio of missions in a season that Lori Glaze, NASA’s chief of planetary science, has called “asteroid autumn.” Long …

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1 year, 3 months ago

China releases road map to explore solar system, mine water-ice on Moon

India Today

China's space program is set to take a giant leap forward with the unveiling of an ambitious roadmap for a space resources system that aims to span the solar system by 2100. The plan, spearheaded by Wang Wei, lead scientist from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, seeks to economically explore, mine, and utilise water ice and mineral resources …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Chelyabinsk meteor: 10 years after the world’s most frightening ‘wake-up call’, is the world safe from threats in the night sky?

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. Within minutes, the meteor’s explosion had shaken the ground, with around 1,500 people injured from broken glass …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection

The Hindu

The discovery of an asteroid the size of a small shipping truck mere days before it passed Earth on Thursday, albeit one that posed no threat to humans, highlights a blind spot in our ability to predict those that could actually cause damage, astronomers say. NASA for years has prioritised detecting asteroids much bigger and more existentially threatening than 2023 …

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2 years ago

Christmas asteroid is coming close to Earth fast. We don't know what it's made of

India Today

The European Space Agency has issued a new challenge to amateur astronomers across the world. An asteroid is classified as a near-Earth object when its distance from our planet is less than 1.3 times the distance from Earth to the Sun, according to the Nasa Joint Propulsion Laboratory. Near-Earth asteroids fascinate ESA’s Planetary Defence Office in particular because they give …

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

A slow explosion: The violent birth of the Geminid meteor shower

Earth in danger? MIT team discovers 138 small asteroids between Mars and Jupiter

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

Giant, stadium-sized asteroid to fly past Earth tomorrow | All you need to know

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine

Asteroid the Size of a 70-Story Skyscraper to Come Close to Earth

Earth to get ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5, orbiting for 2 months | All you need to know

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago came from beyond Jupiter, study finds - so, could another 'planet killer' space rock hurtle our way soon?

Massive Asteroid 2024 MT1 heading towards earth at 65,000 Km/h, warns NASA

International Asteroid Day: Asteroids fly-by Earth in serendipitous celebration

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

9.4-foot space horror! This asteroid set to get as close as 18700 km to Earth today, says NASA

This massive, 370-foot asteroid set to come within 3.8 mn miles of Earth today, says NASA

Scary 170-foot asteroid set to fly close to Earth; NASA has all the details

100-foot asteroid set to buzz Earth today; NASA reveals how close it will get

Two 100-foot asteroids set to pass Earth today; NASA reveals how close these scary space rocks will come

Week in tech: How a Nasa spacecraft altered an asteroid’s shape

This fall NASA is all about asteroids. What we could learn from these three missions

China releases road map to explore solar system, mine water-ice on Moon

Chelyabinsk meteor: 10 years after the world’s most frightening ‘wake-up call’, is the world safe from threats in the night sky?

Asteroid's sudden flyby shows blind spot in planetary threat detection

Christmas asteroid is coming close to Earth fast. We don't know what it's made of