NASA Tracks Five Giant Asteroids on Close Approach to Earth Today
NASA is tracking five asteroids on a close approach to Earth today. While posing no threat, their flybys offer valuable ...
Asteroid-Hunting NASA Spacecraft to Slingshot Around Earth Tonight. Watch It Live
The spunky Lucy mission will make a second gravity assist of our world tonight as it heads off on its hunt for the solar ...
New Threat to Earth? MIT discovers 138 new asteroids similar to 2013 Russia meteor that injured thousands
Astronomers at MIT have detected the smallest asteroids ever, measuring just 10 metres across, using data from NASA's James ...
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NASA discovers seven objects that look like asteroids but act like comets
NASA has announced the discovery of seven astronomical objects that come in two flavors; they look like asteroids but ...
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Main Belt's smallest ever asteroids have been detected
The Main Asteroid Belt's smallest ever asteroids have been detected, as discovered in a new study. The belt is located ...
Watch NASA’s Lucy Slingshot Past Earth on a Bold Journey to Jupiter’s Ancient Asteroids
NASA's Lucy spacecraft will perform a close flyby of Earth on December 12, utilizing a gravity assist to adjust its ...
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Astronomers Find 7 'Dark Comets,' Discover They Come In 2 Different Flavors
The rocky bodies, which look like asteroids but act like comets, could comprise up to 60% of near-Earth objects.
Brace for Impact? NASA tracks three asteroids approaching Earth at alarming speeds
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring three asteroids set to pass Earth on December 11, 2024. Though moving at ...
MIT Unveils Breakthrough in Detecting Tiny Asteroids, Boosting Planetary Defense
Researchers at MIT have developed a method to detect small asteroids in the main asteroid belt, significantly improving our ability to spot objects as little as 10 meters across. This new technique, ...
How to catch the Geminids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year
Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets, but a few — including the Geminids — result from the debris of ...
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5 asteroids that may hit Earth: Names and collision odds
Large asteroids are considered a potential threat to the Earth. That's why scientists closely monitor them and record every ...
Primitive meteorites formed in less turbulent solar nebula, researchers suggest
Chondritic meteorites (chondrites) are some of the oldest rocks in our solar system, forming 4.5 billion years ago. Therefore ...