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
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
How 'burning' asteroids dispatch shooting stars to Earth
This study suggests that the parent objects were completely destroyed when they came too close to the Sun - leaving behind streams of meteors but no parent NEOs.
Feb 18, 2016, 12:11 PM IST
NASA programme to protect Earth from asteroids
NASA, however, said that it has an asteroid impact and deflection mission concept in the works with the European Space Agency.
Jan 17, 2016, 19:19 PM IST
New NASA missions to Venus and near-earth objects by 2020
In its quest to explore Venus, near-earth objects and bizarre metal asteroids, the US space agency has zeroed on five key science investigations among 27 proposals through its ambitious Discovery programme.
Oct 01, 2015, 12:51 PM IST
