Near-earth Asteroids

Some asteroids are given the title of "city killers" because they are capable of destroying an entire city if they collide with an inhabited part of Earth.

NASA assures that an 'unlocated' asteroid, comparable in size to the Shard, will not collide with Earth on October 5th.

Asteroid impacts could harm satellites, power grids, and other vital systems, disrupting communication, electricity, and economy.

About 5 and a 1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building is tall will streak through space within 20,000 miles (32,200 kms) of Earth, the closest any celestial object of that size will have come to our planet in modern history.

NASA on Wednesday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid's surface, including water-bearing clay minerals. A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-E...

An asteroid the size of a box truck is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded on Friday, according to NASA.

With the use of a cutting-edge tool on the Victor M Blanco telescope in Chile, the "planet killer" known as 2022 AP7 and two additional near-Earth asteroids were identified.

Examining samples from asteroid Ryugu, scientists have made a startling discovery. They have spotted microscopic grains of ancient materials that are even older than our Solar System. Located in the near-Earth solar orbit, asteroid Ryugu is shaped like a spinning top and orbits the Sun every 16 months.

A new study reveals that new surveys are increasingly detecting new Near-Earth objects, including asteroids, that were previously hidden due to the glare of the Sun. These telescopic surveys are braving the Sun’s glare and searching for asteroids toward the Sun during twilight, unlike previous surveys that had a 'blind spot' for these celestial o...

According to NASA, an asteroid named 7335 (1989 JA) is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. It’s the largest asteroid that will come close to Earth this year.

Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.

NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.

An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.

Asteroid Day 2021: June 30 is observed as the International Asteroid Day. On this day 113 years ago, the largest asteroid impact took place near the Tunguska River in remote Siberia. Know all about asteroids and the Near-Earth Objects.

Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

Some asteroids are given the title of "city killers" because they are capable of destroying an entire city if they collide with an inhabited part of Earth.

NASA assures that an 'unlocated' asteroid, comparable in size to the Shard, will not collide with Earth on October 5th.

Asteroid impacts could harm satellites, power grids, and other vital systems, disrupting communication, electricity, and economy.

About 5 and a 1/2 years from now, astronomers predict, an asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building is tall will streak through space within 20,000 miles (32,200 kms) of Earth, the closest any celestial object of that size will have come to our planet in modern history.

NASA on Wednesday gave the public a first glimpse of what scientists found inside a sealed capsule that was returned to Earth last month carrying a carbon-rich soil sample scooped from an asteroid's surface, including water-bearing clay minerals. A small quantity of the material collected by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft three years ago from the near-E...

An asteroid the size of a box truck is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded on Friday, according to NASA.

With the use of a cutting-edge tool on the Victor M Blanco telescope in Chile, the "planet killer" known as 2022 AP7 and two additional near-Earth asteroids were identified.

Examining samples from asteroid Ryugu, scientists have made a startling discovery. They have spotted microscopic grains of ancient materials that are even older than our Solar System. Located in the near-Earth solar orbit, asteroid Ryugu is shaped like a spinning top and orbits the Sun every 16 months.

A new study reveals that new surveys are increasingly detecting new Near-Earth objects, including asteroids, that were previously hidden due to the glare of the Sun. These telescopic surveys are braving the Sun’s glare and searching for asteroids toward the Sun during twilight, unlike previous surveys that had a 'blind spot' for these celestial o...

According to NASA, an asteroid named 7335 (1989 JA) is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. It’s the largest asteroid that will come close to Earth this year.

Space mining is an idea that began taking hold at the turn of the century, and 10 years ago, it was passionately discussed. Many argued that space mining could revolutionise the commercial space economy by employing robots and private astronauts to explore and mine near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) for precious metals and even rare earth metals.

NASA is preparing a mission to deliberately smash a spacecraft into an asteroid — a test run should humanity ever need to stop a giant space rock from wiping out life on Earth.

An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.

Asteroid Day 2021: June 30 is observed as the International Asteroid Day. On this day 113 years ago, the largest asteroid impact took place near the Tunguska River in remote Siberia. Know all about asteroids and the Near-Earth Objects.

Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).