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140-feet airplane-sized asteroid to pass by Earth today, NASA issues alert

As two asteroids make their closest approach to Earth on Sept 2, space watchers will be hooked to the sky to witness the spectacle

140-feet airplane-sized asteroid to pass by Earth today, NASA issues alert
Updated On : 02 Sep 2024 | 4:04 PM IST

Nasa issues alert as 140-feet airplane-size asteroid hurtles towards earth

A near-earth asteroid 2024 PQ5 is heading to earth at a speed of 28,128 miles per hour. Nasa issues alerts as the space agency closely monitors such activities to ensure no potential threats

Nasa issues alert as 140-feet airplane-size asteroid hurtles towards earth
Updated On : 20 Aug 2024 | 6:11 PM IST

Airplane-sized asteroid to pass by Earth today, NASA says no risk of impact

Asteroid 2024 OR1 is part of the Apollo asteroids, which have been making their closest approach to Earth recently

Airplane-sized asteroid to pass by Earth today, NASA says no risk of impact
Updated On : 06 Aug 2024 | 2:26 PM IST

Asteroid as big as a blue whale to fly past Earth today, says NASA

Asteroid 2016 LK49 will come within a distance of 364,150 kilometers of Earth traveling at a speed of 19.4 kilometers per second

Asteroid as big as a blue whale to fly past Earth today, says NASA
Updated On : 19 Jun 2023 | 6:58 PM IST

Nasa tracks two large asteroids approaching Earth at more than 30,000 kmph

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Centre for Near-Earth Objects (NEO) maintains a list of objects that may come close to Earth to understand the potential risk they pose

Nasa tracks two large asteroids approaching Earth at more than 30,000 kmph
Updated On : 22 May 2023 | 2:10 PM IST

NASA issued alert as Asteroid 2023 HH3 passes close to the earth today

NASA issued the alert warning as an Asteroid is about to pass close to the Earth today, a bus size asteroid is passing at a speed of 48052 Km/h

NASA issued alert as Asteroid 2023 HH3 passes close to the earth today
Updated On : 25 Apr 2023 | 1:06 PM IST

'Planet killer' asteroid to soon cross Earth's orbit, but poses no threat

An asteroid is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) if its distance from our planet is less than 1.3 times the distance between Earth and the Sun

'Planet killer' asteroid to soon cross Earth's orbit, but poses no threat
Updated On : 12 Apr 2023 | 3:04 PM IST

Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week: NASA Systems

The asteroid was initially spotted by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov on Saturday and reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC)

Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week: NASA Systems
Updated On : 27 Jan 2023 | 7:47 PM IST

NASA's James Webb, Hubble capture DART impact after asteroid strike

For the first time, Webb and Hubble have simultaneously captured imagery from the same target in the cosmos

NASA's James Webb, Hubble capture DART impact after asteroid strike
Updated On : 29 Sep 2022 | 11:07 PM IST

Japan's Hayabusa-2 capsule returns to Earth with pristine asteroid samples

About two hours after the capsule''s reentry, JAXA said its helicopter search team found the capsule in the planned landing area

Japan's Hayabusa-2 capsule returns to Earth with pristine asteroid samples
Updated On : 06 Dec 2020 | 7:03 AM IST

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa

Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa
Updated On : 30 Aug 2020 | 1:14 PM IST

An SUV-sized asteroid just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record

At roughly 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) across, asteroid 2020 QG is very small by asteroid standards

An SUV-sized asteroid just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record
Updated On : 19 Aug 2020 | 11:55 AM IST

NASA spacecraft completes final practice before asteroid sample collection

Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx's primary sample collection site, is located within a crater in Bennu's northern hemisphere

NASA spacecraft completes final practice before asteroid sample collection
Updated On : 13 Aug 2020 | 12:35 PM IST

Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site at the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reveals that they will be fast approaching the Earth this month

Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details
Updated On : 04 Jun 2020 | 5:48 PM IST

Intermediate-sized near-Earth asteroid to fly past safely on Feb 4: Nasa

2002 AJ129 is an intermediate-sized near-Earth asteroid, somewhere between 0.5 and 1.2 kilometres across

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Updated On : 23 Jan 2018 | 9:04 PM IST