NASA, Earth and asteroid
NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid 2024 ON after its ultra-close approach to Earth
New close-up images reveal the surprising snowman shape of "potentially hazardous" asteroid 2024 ON, which tumbled safely past our planet on Sept. 17.
NASA watches a peanut-shaped asteroid drift past Earth
Peanuts! Get your peanuts here! The solar system has been passing out peanuts lately in the form of two different oddly shaped asteroids that recently passed by Earth, and both look like over-sized peanuts.
NASA issues alert for fast-moving, stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth tonight
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 feet in diameter — approximately the size of a football stadium.
Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday — and NASA Says It's Coming Back
Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from the OSIRIS-REx science team gives Bennu a [one-in-2,700] chance of impacting Earth on Sept. 24, 2182.
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know
The asteroid is around 500 feet and will come within 2 million miles of Earth, which is about eight times further than the moon.
NASA Alert! 130-ft Airplane-Sized Asteroid Set To Fly Past Earth Tomorrow: Know Its Impact
An asteroid roughly the size of an airplane, measuring around 130 feet, is set to make its closest approach to Earth today.
Asteroid alert: NASA warns of three massive space rocks on a collision course with Earth today
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking three asteroids scheduled to pass Earth on 25 025.
Gizmodo Science Fair: A Clever Fix Rescued NASA’s Stuck Asteroid Samples
When asteroid samples dropped to the Utah desert in 2023, it was go time for NASA's dedicated curation team.
Watch the Skies: Debris From NASA’s DART Asteroid Collision Could Spark a Meteor Display on Earth
NASA's DART mission in 2022 dramatically altered an asteroid's orbit, potentially sending debris toward Earth and Mars, ...
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How X-rays from Nuclear Blasts Could Save Earth from a Killer Asteroid
To assess whether this technique could actually deflect an asteroid heading toward Earth, the team fed their experimental ...
Nukes Could Save Earth From an Asteroid, Just Not the Way You Imagine
Nuclear devices generate massive amounts of X-rays. A new experiment suggests that might be enough to divert a killer ...
Work is underway on NASA's next-generation asteroid hunter
The mirrors for NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor space telescope are being installed and aligned, and work on other ...
Planetary defense research mission readies for asteroid visit
The European Space Agency is about to launch a spacecraft on an important research mission designed to bolster planetary ...
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Europe's Hera probe to launch Oct. 7 to inspect asteroid NASA smacked in 2022
Europe's Hera mission to the asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA's DART probe hit in September 2022, has arrived at its launch ...