Gigantic asteroid '2008 GO20' nears Earth, likely to pass on July 25
"This asteroid has visited earth at a much closer distance of 19 lakh km and 29 lakh km in 1935 and 1977 respectively. At that time, it flew away and never came towards the earth," said Dr Pattnaik.
Jul 24, 2021, 09:40 AM IST
Asteroid the size of stadium hurtling towards Earth, likely to zoom past on THIS date: NASA
NASA has confirmed that an asteroid the size of a stadium is heading towards Earth's orbit next Saturday, July 24 at1:05 am Wednesday as per Indian Standard Time.
Jul 21, 2021, 07:48 AM IST
Asteroid 16 Psyche believed worth USD 10000 quadrillions could be a rubber pile?
New research published in the journal The Planetary Science, reveals the contradictory properties of the asteroid 16 Psyche which was earlier supposed to be a dense asteroid made of 97% metal consisting of iron, gold and nickel.
Jun 21, 2021, 17:48 PM IST
Asteroid 2011 ES4 to shuttle past Earth soon at a much closer distance than moon
Measuring 22 meters to 49 meters in diameter, NASA considered the asteroid as 'Potentially Hazardous', although there is no threat associated from it due to its amall diameter.
Jul 16, 2020, 15:24 PM IST
Asteroid 2020ND, bigger than London Eye to fly past Earth on July 24 --All you want to know about the 'potentially hazardous asteroid'
Five other asteroids will fly by towards the end of July 2020.
Jul 16, 2020, 14:26 PM IST
International Asteroid Day 2020: History, significance and other details you should know
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the sun.
Jun 30, 2020, 11:18 AM IST
Asteroid 2020 KA6 to pass by earth today – Here’s all you want to know
On June 5 and June 6, total five asteroids will fly by the earth.
Jun 05, 2020, 10:38 AM IST
Asteroid 2020 KN5 to pass by earth today – Here’s all you want to know
According to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the 177 feet wide asteroid will fly past earth at a speed of over 28,000 miles per hour on June 4.
Jun 04, 2020, 09:50 AM IST
Two asteroids to hurtle past Earth on June 5 and 6
The largest asteroid named ‘163348 (2002 NN4)’ is estimated to be between 250m and 570m in diameter.
Jun 04, 2020, 01:08 AM IST
Asteroid 2020 KE4 to pass by earth today –Here’s all you want to know
Scientists have stressed that it poses no danger to the planet.
Jun 03, 2020, 11:13 AM IST
5 asteroids to pass by earth today –Here’s all you want to know
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids and comets that orbit the Sun, but their orbits bring them into Earth's neighborhood - within 30 million miles of Earth's orbit.
Jun 02, 2020, 15:19 PM IST
Asteroids pummelled Earth, Moon beginning 290 mn years ago: Study
The reason could be related to large collisions taking place more than 290 million years ago in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
Jan 18, 2019, 13:48 PM IST
NASA's 'HAMMER' spacecraft will swat away asteroids before they hit Earth
'HAMMER' stands for Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response.
Mar 13, 2018, 16:55 PM IST
Small asteroid to shoot closely past Earth on Friday
What is interesting to note is that the asteroid was discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona very recently – on February 4.
Feb 08, 2018, 11:38 AM IST
'Spooky' – the eerie skull-shaped asteroid – set to return in 2018
Nicknamed 'Spooky' by some, the first radar images of the asteroid were generated by the National Science Foundation's 305-meter (1,000-foot) Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico.
Dec 22, 2017, 12:20 PM IST
NASA's Hubble captures distant galaxies as asteroids photobomb them - See pics
Asteroid trails can be seen across the image as curved or S-shaped streaks. Instead of appearing as one long trail, appear in multiple Hubble exposures that have been combined into one image.
Nov 03, 2017, 11:32 AM IST
Scientists push for 50 tiny spacecraft to tour 300 asteroids
An infrared spectrometer analyses spectral signatures in light reflected or emitted by the asteroid to determine its mineralogy.
Sep 21, 2017, 17:23 PM IST
Asteroid Day - Watch NASA's special broadcast on how it is protecting Earth from space rocks
The program will be aired on NASA Television and the agency’s website.
Jun 30, 2017, 14:14 PM IST
China announces plans to explore three asteroids to understand origins of the solar system!
According to Efe, the priority of the scientists during this mission will be to detect asteroids close to Earth to calculate the probability of their colliding with the planet.
Mar 02, 2017, 00:39 AM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft begins search for Earth's Trojan asteroids
The mission, currently on a two-year outbound cruise to a near-Earth asteroid called Bennu, will spend almost two weeks searching for evidence of these small bodies, the US space agency NASA said on Thursday.
Feb 10, 2017, 14:57 PM IST
