Apophis: A new European space mission could get up close with a large asteroid that's set to brush by Earth
The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for initial work on a mission to visit an asteroid called (99942) Apophis. If approved at a key meeting next year, the robotic spacecraft, known as the ...
How Dangerous Is the “Doomsday” Asteroid Swarm?
New research indicates that the Taurid swarm contains fewer large asteroids than anticipated, suggesting a lower threat level ...
Asteroid Enters As Fireball Over California Skies Right After Its Discovery; Video Surfaces
Earlier on September 4, an asteroid just one metre wide entered the atmosphere as a brilliant fireball. Named 2024 RW1, the ...
Could an asteroid wipe out life on Earth – and what are we doing about it?
Scientists – led by experts from Nasa – have spent more than 10 years working out how to prevent a devastating asteroid ...
‘City killer’ asteroid is one of 4 to graze Earth’s orbit today
NASA has announced that an airplane-sized “city killer” asteroid will skim past Earth today — one of four “hazardous” space rocks to graze our orbit in less than 12 hours. Dubbed 2002 NV16, the cosmic ...
NASA's Plot to Capture an Asteroid and Save Humanity Almost Failed.
The space agency defied incredible odds to get its asteroid-hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft off the ground. Since then, the ...
A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
D: Iron in the ocean (from the ocean circulation, from the impactor itself, and from erosion), along with nutrients (like ...
NASA Warns A Bus-Sized Asteroid Will Skip Past Earth This Week
The asteroid, named 2024 UQ1, measures approximately 32-feet across and will come closer to Earth than the moon.
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A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish
"Picture yourself standing off the coast of Cape Cod, in a shelf of shallow water. It's a low-energy environment without strong currents. Then, all of a sudden, you have a giant tsunami sweeping by ...
Internet fuming over BIZZARE fan reaction in Diljit Dosanjh concert, netizens say, 'better if asteroid hit earth'
Intense debate has erupted online after a video of an emotional fan at the recent Diljit Dosanjh concert in New Delhi went viral. In the clip, a woman is seen crying and jumping f ...