Asteroid: News
17 Dec 2022
NASAA nearly 100-ft asteroid is approaching Earth today, says NASA
A potentially hazardous 98-foot-wide asteroid, dubbed 2022 WU11, is approaching Earth today, as per NASA.
14 Dec 2022
European Space AgencyA 'Christmas asteroid' will pass by on December 15
An asteroid, smaller than the Statue of Liberty, is headed toward Earth and the ESA has announced a challenge to spot this "Christmas asteroid."
13 Dec 2022
NASAAn 88-ft asteroid is approaching the Earth today, says NASA
An 88-foot wide asteroid, dubbed 2018 XU3, is heading toward Earth. According to NASA, it will make a potentially hazardous approach to our planet today (December 13).
09 Dec 2022
NASA220-feet asteroid will fly past Earth today, reveals NASA
A 220-foot Asteroid, called 2022 WP11, is headed toward Earth today.
29 Nov 2022
Space NewsGeminid meteor shower 2022: Where and how to watch?
The Geminid meteor shower is considered to be one of the best annual meteor showers. The bright and fast meteors often appear to be yellowish.
27 Nov 2022
NASAAsteroid threat! NASA warns of 3 rocks heading Earth's way
Three potentially hazardous asteroids have been detected and they are heading toward Earth today (November 27).
26 Nov 2022
NASAA 65-foot asteroid is approaching Earth today, says NASA
A 65 feet wide asteroid, dubbed 2022 UD72, is traveling toward Earth.
20 Nov 2022
NASAA 120-ft asteroid will come close to Earth today: NASA
A 120-foot wide asteroid, dubbed 2022 VR1, is heading Earth's way. It will make a dangerously close approach to our planet on Sunday (November 20), according to NASA.
19 Nov 2022
NASAAlert! A 75ft asteroid is heading Earth's way, says NASA
A 75-feet asteroid, dubbed 2022 VO2, is heading toward Earth, according to NASA. It will come close to our planet on Saturday (November 19).
13 Nov 2022
Space NewsBeware! A 48-feet asteroid is set on Earth's course today
A 48-feet asteroid, dubbed 2022 VL1, is hurtling toward Earth and will come terrifyingly close to our planet on Sunday, i.e., November 13.
12 Nov 2022
NASAA hazardous 240-feet asteroid is approaching Earth today, warns NASA
A 240 feet wide asteroid, dubbed 2020 FC4, is set to come perilously close to Earth on Saturday, i.e., November 12.
01 Nov 2022
Space NewsScientists discover the largest 'potentially hazardous' asteroid in eight years
A team of astronomers at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile recently discovered three new near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs) via the Victor M Blanco telescope.
30 Oct 2022
NASAAsteroid alert! This space rock can cause serious damage today
NASA has confirmed that a small but potentially dangerous asteroid, dubbed 2022 UU8, is hurtling toward Earth on Sunday, i.e. October 30.
29 Oct 2022
NASAThis 2,500ft wide asteroid heading toward Earth is 'potentially hazardous'
A 2,500 feet wide asteroid, dubbed 2022 RM4, is set to make its closest approach to the Earth on November 1, 2022.
26 Oct 2022
Space NewsAsteroid 2022 UU1 will cross Earth today; no harm likely
Asteroids appear to be in the best of moods lately. Just yesterday, a space rock whizzed past us and now another celestial object is headed our way.
25 Oct 2022
NASAAsteroid 2022 UY1 zooms past Earth: Here are the details
Earth has had some close calls with asteroids in the last few months.
19 Oct 2022
NASANASA's spacecraft will 'deliver' asteroid sample on September 24, 2023
OSIRIS-REx (Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security -Regolith Explorer) is the first NASA mission to bring back an asteroid sample to Earth.
14 Oct 2022
NASAThis house-sized asteroid can potentially destroy our homes
Asteroids are special. Can you believe that these space rocks with no particular direction or destination could be where water originated?
12 Oct 2022
NASANASA's DART mission successfully altered the asteroid's orbit forever
Here's the good news we have all been expecting. NASA has confirmed that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) has succeeded in altering the path of its target, Dimorphos.
06 Oct 2022
NASAAsteroid deflected by NASA's DART spacecraft leaves 10,000km trail
A week ago, NASA deliberately crashed a $324.5 million DART spacecraft into the Dimorphos asteroid to alter its trajectory.
28 Sep 2022
NASALICIACube delivers first images of DART's wild asteroid crash
NASA's DART mission was destined to die from the moment it was envisaged. On September 26 (September 27 for some), it met its fate after crashing into an asteroid.
27 Sep 2022
Space NewsThis bus-sized asteroid will come very close to Earth today
Earlier today, NASA flexed its planetary defense muscles by crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid. It seems that other asteroids did not receive the message yet.
27 Sep 2022
NASANASA's DART crashes into asteroid; completes first-ever planetary defense test
A $344 million spacecraft just crashed into a distant asteroid and changed its trajectory. No, this is not the story of a Hollywood movie about someone saving Earth from doomsday.
26 Sep 2022
Space NewsNASA's DART spacecraft to crash into asteroid: How to watch?
Today is the day that NASA will finally find out whether it can protect Earth from unruly space rocks.
24 Sep 2022
NASAHow to watch NASA's DART mission through telescopes online?
NASA will open a new chapter in planetary defense on Monday at 7:14 pm EDT (4:44 am IST, Tuesday).
12 Sep 2022
Space NewsNASA confirms a 310-feet asteroid will fly past Earth today
Asteroids seem to have developed a fascination toward Earth. US space agency NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has announced that a 310-feet wide asteroid called 2008 RW, will fly past the pale blue dot today.
10 Sep 2022
Space NewsWatch out for this 140-feet asteroid headed Earth's way
Over the years, the NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide Infrared Survey Explorer) project has hunted down several asteroids. It has now spotted a 140-feet space rock headed Earth's way.
09 Sep 2022
TechnologyNASA warns of a 310-feet asteroid headed Earth's way
Earth cannot catch a break, it seems. After recording several hurtling asteroids in August, it looks like September won't be any different.
07 Sep 2022
Space News#NewsBytesExplainer: How NASA will deflect asteroid by crashing DART spacecraft
How do we deal with an asteroid on course to hit the Earth? Well, one way is to change its direction.
05 Sep 2022
Space NewsA 260-foot-wide asteroid will fly by Earth today, confirms NASA
The Earth's tryst with asteroids seems unlikely to end anytime soon.
30 Aug 2022
Space NewsA 110-feet wide asteroid will fly past the Earth tomorrow
The Earth just cannot seem to catch a break. US space agency NASA has announced that a humongous, 110-feet asteroid called 2022 QZ6, will fly past the pale blue dot on Wednesday i.e. August 31.
27 Aug 2022
Space NewsAsteroid parade: 5 airplane-sized rocks are headed Earth's way
August has been a busy month for Earth. Our planet's evasive skills were put to test by several asteroids this month.
18 Aug 2022
Solar SystemEarth's water may have come from asteroids, claims Japanese probe
Water is one of the crucial factors that enable life on Earth. However, have you ever wondered how a once magma-covered Earth turned into the present 'Blue Planet'?
12 Aug 2022
Falcon 9NASA's DART mission will try deflecting near-Earth asteroid next month
Have you ever been scared of news of asteroids hurtling toward Earth? Well, things are about to change for good as NASA's 'Double Asteroid Redirection Test' or DART is set to deflect an asteroid on September 26.
04 Aug 2022
Space NewsAsteroid larger than two football fields whizzed past Earth today
When it comes to large asteroids flying past, Earth has been riding its luck lately. Our planet was at its evasive best again today when another massive asteroid zoomed past us at 9:53am IST.
20 Jul 2022
European Space AgencyChina devising planetary defense mission in 2026; targeting near-Earth Asteroid
China is set to enter the planetary defense game by targeting the potentially hazardous asteroid 2020 PN1 in 2026.
09 Jul 2022
NASAWhy is near-Earth asteroid Bennu's 'soft surface' puzzling NASA scientists
Two years after its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected samples from asteroid Bennu, NASA has revealed something astonishing about the asteroid's surface.
30 Jun 2022
European Space AgencyRiskiest asteroid known to humans won't hit Earth in 2052
The European Space Agency (ESA) has some great news for us on this year's asteroid day - the 2021 QM1 asteroid has been removed from the agency's risk list.
16 Mar 2022
Space NewsAstronomers discovered asteroid just two hours before it hit earth
The fifth asteroid ever discovered before colliding with Earth crashed near Iceland on March 11.
02 Nov 2020
Solar SystemPsyche: Why are scientists so interested in this $10,000-quadrillion asteroid?
A new study has found that an Asteroid in our solar system, Asteroid 16 Psyche, could be made entirely of metal and is worth an estimated $10,000 quadrillion.
