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    Asteroid News

    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.
    Trending
    Updated 166 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.
    World News
    Published 188 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.
    World News
    Published 321 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
    Trending
    Published 327 days ago

    Harvard astronomer warns interstellar object could 'destroy us'

    The asteroid 31/ATLAS was first spotted by a Chile-based telescope.
    Trending
    Published 381 days ago

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

    Asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered last year
    Trending
    Published 390 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.
    World News
    Published 411 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.
    World News
    Updated 424 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'.
    World News
    Published 427 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
    World News
    Published 440 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
    World News
    Published 537 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)
    World News
    Published 551 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.
    World News
    Published 552 days ago

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

    Discovery images of 2024 YR4. (Credit: ATLAS)
    India News
    Published 553 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)
    World News
    Updated 555 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.
    World News
    Published 557 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.
    World News
    Updated 559 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)
    World News
    Updated 560 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.
    World News
    Updated 566 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.
    Science
    Published 566 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)
    World News
    Published 570 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)
    India News
    Published 575 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.
    World News
    Published 602 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.
    Trending
    Published 627 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
    World News
    Published 629 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.
    World News
    Published 680 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.
    Trending
    Published 695 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.
    Science
    Updated 705 days ago

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

    Image used for representational purposes only
    World News
    Published 716 days ago

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

    In this artistic rendering, two asteroids fly past Earth.
    World News
    Published 717 days ago
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