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Six asteroids to come dangerously close to Earth tonight
1 week, 5 days 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 …

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9.4-foot space horror! This asteroid set to get as close as 18700 km to Earth today, says NASA
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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NASA predicts asteroid Bennu may hit Earth in THIS year | Details
1 year, 2 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 …

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NASA monitoring this asteroid taller than Empire State Building, capable of generating 1,200 megatons of energy
1 year, 2 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, …

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NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash
1 year, 3 months ago

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash

NPR  

NASA effort to bring home asteroid rocks will end this weekend in triumph or a crash Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona If all goes as planned, on Sunday morning a bell-shaped space capsule the size of a mini-fridge will come screaming down through the atmosphere toward a Utah desert. That moment "was gut-wrenching," says …

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NASA confirms huge 'building-sized' asteroid approaching Earth right now, should you be worried?
2 years, 5 months ago

NASA confirms huge 'building-sized' asteroid approaching Earth right now, should you be worried?

India TV News  

Highlights NASA has warned about a humongous "building-sized" asteroid approaching planet Earth. Asteroid approaching Earth: NASA has warned about a humongous "building-sized" asteroid approaching planet Earth right now. In keeping with NASA, this asteroid will get as near the Earth as about 3.8 million miles or 6.1 million kilometres. Effectively, this remains to be a bigger distance than asteroid 2022 …

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Pallas, the second asteroid to be discovered
2 years, 8 months ago

Pallas, the second asteroid to be discovered

The Hindu  

When we learn about the solar system, we are introduced to a class of objects called asteroids. While this much is common knowledge these days, the existence of this asteroid belt wasn't even known a little over 200 years back. Named after the Greek goddess of wisdom Pallas Athena, 2 Pallas can even be considered the first asteroid to be …

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In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid
3 years, 1 month ago

In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid

NPR  

In a first test of its planetary defense efforts, NASA's going to shove an asteroid Enlarge this image toggle caption NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben NASA is about to launch an unprecedented mission to knock an asteroid slightly off course. It might sound like a movie plot, but it's not "A lot of times when I tell …

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Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists
4 years, 1 month ago

Asteroid Bennu's interior could be like 'crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space', say scientists

India Today  

Asteroid Bennu, the samples of which were collected by Nasa spacecraft OSIRIS-REx in a historic mission, might be hollow. According to scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder, the interior of the diamond-shaped asteroid Bennu could be "weaker and less dense than its outer layers -- like a crème-filled chocolate egg flying through space". Scientists used OSIRIS-REx’s navigational instruments and …

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Moon's long-lost twin trailing Mars surprises scientists. Is it second Moon?
4 years, 1 month ago

Moon's long-lost twin trailing Mars surprises scientists. Is it second Moon?

India Today  

Scientists might have discovered the Moon's "long-lost twin" hiding behind Mars. Closely resembling our moon, this asteroid named 1998 VF31 is about 1 km in diameter and sharing the Martian orbit "It's a Mars-crossing Asteroid," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. This asteroid "has the same colour as the moon", the Guardian quoted lead author of a new study …

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Asteroid twice the size of Egypt's Pyramid to zip past Earth on Sunday | Explainer
4 years, 3 months ago

Asteroid twice the size of Egypt's Pyramid to zip past Earth on Sunday | Explainer

India Today  

An asteroid, twice as big as the iconic Pyramid of Giza, is expected to cross Earth's orbit on September 6. In a twitter post, Nasa's Asteroid Watch said that "asteroid 2010 FR.has zero chance of hitting Earth". — NASA Asteroid Watch September 1, 2020 Asteroid 465824 is classified as an Apollo asteroid because it will cross the Earth's orbit. As …

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