Asteroid

Baat Pate Ki: Three asteroids are coming towards Earth in a 'dangerous' way from space, world in danger!

Baat Pate Ki: Three big asteroids are coming very close to the earth. All three asteroids will pass close to the Earth in July. The Aryabhatta Observation Institute of Nainital has issued a research report in this regard.

Jun 30, 2023, 21:42 PM IST

Baat Pate Ki: Three asteroids are coming towards Earth in a 'dangerous' way from space, world in danger!

Baat Pate Ki: Three big asteroids are coming very close to the earth. All three asteroids will pass close to the Earth in July. The Aryabhatta Observation Institute of Nainital has issued a research report in this regard.

Jun 30, 2023, 21:40 PM IST

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

NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world's first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth.

Oct 12, 2022, 09:03 AM IST

Just like 'Armageddon', NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in first planetary 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.

Sep 27, 2022, 06:28 AM IST

Asteroid bigger than the Big Ben to zoom past earth today, THIS is what NASA has to say

Named by NASA as Asteroid 2013 YD48, the size of Asteroid is huge enough to cause devastation if it crashed earth. However, that's not a concern becuase it's far away from the earth!

Jan 11, 2022, 10:02 AM IST

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.

Nov 24, 2021, 23:24 PM IST

NASA to launch spacecraft to deflect asteroid's path, its first mission in planetary defence

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.

Nov 06, 2021, 15:50 PM IST

NASA launches Lucy mission to explore fossils of early solar system

During its 12-year primary mission, Lucy will explore a record-breaking number of asteroids, including a flyby of one asteroid in the solar system`s main belt and seven Trojan asteroids near Jupiter.

Oct 16, 2021, 18:55 PM IST

Asteroid, twice the size of Empire State Building is hurtling towards earth, here's what we know

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

Sep 09, 2021, 07:08 AM IST

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

This massive asteroid is called 2016 AJ193 and has been classified as ‘potentially hazardous’ by NASA. 

Aug 21, 2021, 14:59 PM IST

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

But earthings can breathe easy for some time, at least. Located over 100 million miles from Earth, the asteroid, named Bennu, will hit the earth, if at all, in the next century or two, say researchers

Aug 12, 2021, 21:32 PM IST

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.

Apr 07, 2021, 17:09 PM IST

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

The largest asteroid to visit Earth in 2021 is passing by our planet on Sunday (March 21) at a speed of about 124,000 kmph.

Mar 21, 2021, 21:12 PM IST

Nostradamus prediction comes true, asteroid as big as Eiffel Tower coming towards Earth

An asteroid of the size of Eiffel Tower is moving towards the earth and it may strike sometime in early 2021.

Jan 06, 2021, 09:55 AM IST

Asteroid as big as Burj Khalifa to fly by earth at 56,000mph on November 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.

Nov 24, 2020, 10:26 AM IST

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

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured images of the sample collector head as it moved through several different positions. 

Oct 24, 2020, 21:43 PM IST

NASA's Osiris-Rex collects samples from asteroid Bennu

A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth snatched on Tuesday a sample from the celestial body's rocky surface.

Oct 21, 2020, 07:05 AM IST

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

According to asteroid monitoring centre of NASA, the asteroid named 2020 RK2 is expected to cross the Earth's orbit.

Oct 06, 2020, 18:38 PM IST

Asteroid, the size of a Boeing-747, may collide with Earth's orbit on October 7, but here's the good news

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. 

Oct 06, 2020, 08:32 AM IST

School bus-sized asteroid to fly past Earth on September 24, 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) at a distance of about 22,000 kilometres above the surface of earth.

Sep 24, 2020, 12:43 PM IST