NASA assured the world that a massive “lost” asteroid, weighing 54 million tons, will not collide with Earth in 2024. This follows a report by Britain’s BG News, which suggested a 1 in 10 million chance of impact on March 3 and 1 in 11.5 million on Oct. 5. But NASA has now come forward …
Recently, NASA repurposed the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to study asteroid Apophis which will come dangerously close to Earth in 2029. It is just one of the ventures undertaken by the space agency to discover, track, and study asteroids in a bid to eliminate uncertainties around their close approaches. Using its advanced technology, NASA has revealed that …
The threat of asteroids hitting the Earth is always present and scientists have been working for decades now to track them and to devise the methods to deflect them or otherwise neutralize any threat potential they may have. One of the methods is to alter the direction of the asteroids moving towards our planet. Although …
As many as four asteroids passed by Earth yesterday as their orbits brought them dangerously close to the planet. The most notable among them was designated Asteroid 2023 XO1 by NASA, and it was discovered using the space agency’s advanced ground and space-based telescopes such as NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1 and …
Telescopes such as NEOWISE, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey help NASA track and study asteroids that are present in space. After studying the data, the US space agency has shed light on an asteroid that is expected to pass Earth by a close margin today, December 6. This asteroid is …
Home Photos NASA reveals a massive 110-foot asteroid set to come close to Earth today! Check speed, size, more A space rock named asteroid 2023 WD3 is going to make a close approach to Earth today, says NASA. Check speed, size, and more. By: HT TECH Updated on: Dec 01 2023, 17:32 IST …