NASA Calls in Webb Telescope to Track Recently Identified Hazardous Asteroid
The odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth are shifting, with the space rock now carrying a 1-in-48 chance of collision.
NASA tracks giant asteroid set to pass Earth on February 12 – Is there a risk?
CV will pass Earth at a distance of 4,760,000 km, over five times the Earth-Moon distance. Three other asteroids passed by ...
What we know about possible Nasa mission to ‘deflect’ asteroid heading for Earth
By April this year, scientists will start to decide whether to send a mission to intercept an asteroid that may hit Earth in ...
A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth. Here's what to know.
"An asteroid this size impacts Earth on average every few thousand years and could cause severe damage to a local region," ...
Daily Mail8 天
NASA warns three giant asteroids will skim past Earth TODAY
NASA is keeping a close eye on three giant asteroids that are set to make close approaches to Earth today. One of them will come within just 77,200 miles of our planet, which is roughly one-third ...
Newsweek8 天
NASA Tracking Three Vehicle-Sized Asteroids Nearing Earth Today
Languages: English. NASA is tracking a trio of vehicle-sized asteroids set to whizz by close to the Earth today—with one getting three times nearer than the orbit of the moon. That space rock ...
AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission
The primary goal, he said, is to make sure Odin turns on and communicates back to Earth. Mission success, Gialich told his ...
Space on MSN18 小时
What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
PBS3 天
How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
MARCA8 天
NASA sends out warning as three giant asteroids set to just miss Earth
What is the 'alien' that has been found near the South Pole? NASA is keeping a close watch on three asteroids making near-Earth approaches today. One of them, named 2025 CF, will pass within just ...
NEOWISE, the NASA mission that cataloged objects around Earth for over a decade, has come ...
(THE CONVERSATION) The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the ...
Manchester Evening News12 天
NASA’s five most dangerous asteroids that are a potential threat to Earth
NASA has identified thousands of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), most of which are larger than half a mile wide. Here are the five asteroids that pose the greatest risk to Earth. An asteroid named ...