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Flyer captures rare meteor explosion from plane window: 'I'm still a bit shaken'

According to the European Space Agency, the meteor was first observed on Sunday evening.

Updated 145 days ago

NASA expert warns about 15,000 undetected asteroids that could destroy cities

An expert believes that even if we could detect these 'city killer' asteroids, we currently lack the defenses to take care of them. Image for representational purposes.

Published 166 days ago

9.8-foot asteroid zooms past Earth in surprise close encounter

Earlier this month, a giraffe-sized asteroid slipped past the Earth just 265 miles over Antarctica.

Published 299 days ago

An asteroid could hit the moon in 2032. What are our options?

An asteroid hurtling through space could hit the moon in 2032

Published 305 days ago

Harvard astronomer warns interstellar object could 'destroy us'

The asteroid 31/ATLAS was first spotted by a Chile-based telescope.

Published 359 days ago

This asteroid may hit the Moon in 2032 and Earth could witness a meteor shower

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered last year

Published 368 days ago

Giant stadium-sized asteroid to make close approach to Earth on July 11

This asteroid had last entered earth's orbit on Jul 1, 1988, said NASA.

Published 389 days ago

Why Georgia, South Carolina & Tennessee locals saw a fireball in the sky today?

Witnesses across South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia describe a giant fireball in the sky.

Updated 402 days ago

Asteroid collision with moon in 2032 may threaten satellites, researchers warn

The impact would be 'comparable to a large nuclear explosion in terms of the amount of energy released'.

Published 405 days ago

'City killer' asteroid, headed earlier for Earth, now set to hit moon in 2032?

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is on a collision course with the moon

Published 418 days ago

What is 2025 DU2? Massive 160-ft asteroid approaching Earth today at 62,650 kmph

(Image for representation) On March 6, asteroid 2025 DU2, 160 feet wide, will pass Earth at 62,650 km/h, missing by 542,000 km. Lunar and Planetary Institute/Daniel D. Durda/Handout

Published 515 days ago

Risk of asteroid hitting Earth reduces from highest-ever impact probability

The risk of 2024 YR4 colliding with Earth has reduced (Alamy/PA)

Published 529 days ago

‘City-killer’ 2024 YR4 surpasses ‘God of Chaos' Apophis' odds of hitting Earth

The 2024 YR4 asteroid, which could level a city now, has a 3.1-percent chance of striking Earth in 2032, according to NASA data released on February 18, 2025, making it the most threatening space rock ever recorded by modern forecasting.

Published 530 days ago

Does India fall in path of asteroid 2024 YR4, which could hit Earth in 2032?

Discovery images of 2024 YR4. (Credit: ATLAS)

Published 532 days ago

China hires for ‘planetary defence force’ amid concern of asteroid hitting Earth

This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025. (AFP)

Updated 534 days ago

‘City-killer’ asteroid predictions clash amid added fears of Moon impact

This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025.

Published 535 days ago

NASA's rare ‘emergency’ tied to ‘city-killer’ asteroid's Earth collision in 2032

Asteroid 2024 YRF now has a 2.3% chance of hitting the Earth in 2032, surpassing "the 1% impact probability threshold to warrant formal notification of the object to other U.S. government agencies involved in planetary defense as well as to the Space Mission Planning Advisory Group and to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs per the International Asteroid Warning Network’s notification charter," per NASA.

Updated 537 days ago

NASA's James Webb telescope to track asteroid as odds of hitting Earth rise

Current estimates put the asteroid somewhere between 40 meters and 90 meters wide. (Representative Image)

Updated 538 days ago

Asteroid collision carved 2 massive ‘grand canyons’ on moon in 10 minutes

An undated artistic rendering shows an asteroid or comet striking near the Moon's south pole about 3.8 billion years ago, an impact that carved out two large craters.

Updated 544 days ago

A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth. How worried should we be?

This handout picture provided by NASA on January 31, 2025 shows asteroid 2024 YR4 as observed by the Magdalena Ridge 2.4m telescope at the New Mexico Institute of Technology on January 27, 2025.

Published 544 days ago

Asteroid 2024 YR4, over 50m in size, could hit Earth: Report

NASA's earlier analysis indicated a slightly higher probability of over 1 per cent, meaning there is roughly a 99 per cent chance that Asteroid 2024 YR4 will miss Earth. (Pic used for representation)

Published 548 days ago

Noida boy, 14, picked by NASA to name asteroid he ‘discovered’

The asteroid is currently named ‘2023 OG40,’ with 2023 being the year of its discovery. (Representational Image/AP)

Published 553 days ago

NASA warns massive 53-foot asteroid to fly close to Earth on New Years Eve

The 2024 asteroid AV2 belongs to the group of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs), which are entities of scientific significance due to their near orbits around the Earth.

Published 580 days ago

Asteroid illuminates the night sky with dazzling flash before landing in Russia

An asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere over Yakutia, Russia, creating a stunning flash.

Published 605 days ago

NASA confirms COWECP5 asteroid will produce harmless fireball over Siberia

There will be a spectacular, dazzling fireball in the sky for hundreds of km. Instructor Fitzsimmons stated

Published 607 days ago

Interstellar armageddon: NASA's plan to blast ‘planet killer’ asteroids revealed

An artist's impression of a large asteroid impacting at Chicxulub on the Mexican coastline, which caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction, 66 million years ago, with the planet Mars and asteroid bodies in the background.

Published 658 days ago

Rare 'mini moon' spotted: a 10-metre asteroid to orbit Earth briefly

The mini moon will circle the globe for almost 57 days but won't complete a full orbit.

Published 673 days ago

Earth to get ‘mini-moon’ 2024 PT5, orbiting for 2 months | All you need to know

A study suggests that 2024 PT5 likely originated from the Arjuna asteroid belt, which contains space rocks that orbit the sun near Earth.

Updated 683 days ago

What is 'God of Chaos'? Astronomer updates risk of giant asteroid hitting Earth

Image used for representational purposes only

Published 694 days ago

‘God of Chaos’ Friday 13th astronomic scare in making: Asteroid to hit Earth

In this artistic rendering, two asteroids fly past Earth.

Published 695 days ago

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