NASA, Earth and Asteroid

Asteroid Alert! Airplane-sized Giant Space Rock Set For Close Encounter With Earth On Dec 28, NASA Issues Warning
Asteroids often pass close to Earth, so this regularly raises a mix of questions and concerns for those in the scientific communities as well as the general public. This week, NASA has confirmed an 80-foot asteroid called 2024 YQ2,
NASA alerts: Two giant airplane-sized asteroids are heading towards Earth at high speed today at this time
NASA has identified two asteroids, 2024 YH and 2024 YD3, set to approach Earth on December 26. Though these "near misses" will pass millions of miles away, they offer scientists an opportunity to study ancient space rocks while reassuring the public there’s no immediate danger.
NASA on high alert over Christmas Eve asteroid heading towards Earth
As Christmas Eve approaches, a cosmic visitor is set to make its presence known. NASA's eyes are on the skies, tracking the asteroid's journey.
Christmas Eve asteroid the size of a 10-floor building makes ‘close approach’ to Earth tonight
Are we about to get Jingle Bell rock-ed? Santa Claus isn’t the only thing making a fly-by of Earth this week. NASA has warned that a giant asteroid the size of a 10-story building will be whizzing right past us tonight.
Christmas Eve Asteroid: Giant Space Rock to Pass Dangerously Close to Earth Tonight
As people prepare for Christmas Eve celebrations, the skies are preparing for their own dramatic spectacle. Tonight, a massive asteroid will make a close approach to Earth, providing both a moment of wonder and an opportunity for scientists to learn more about these celestial visitors.
NASA warns massive Christmas Eve asteroid set to zoom past Earth tonight - how to see it
Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that bring them to within 120 million miles of the Sun.
NASA uncovers Milky Way's Christmas Tree star cluster
Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away! A NASA telescope combined with data from an X-ray gave ...
Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more than 1,000 collision warnings per day
Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of ...
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Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for Christmas (video)
NASA's Christmas Eve sun flyby! "From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas!" ...
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Photos: NASA showcases 2024’s most stunning images from the space station
NASA’s 2024 image collection highlights stunning views of Earth and detailed microgravity experiments aboard the ISS.
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NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of ‘cosmic eye’ spiral galaxy
New imagery has been released from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, which captured a photo of a spiral galaxy more than 76 million light-years away from Earth. The galaxy known to observers as NGC ...
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 ...
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NASA astronaut shares incredible video of SpaceX Dragon capsule returning to Earth
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has shared incredible footage of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule undocking from the International ...
NASA Puts New Artemis Moon Rovers to the Test
With humans slated to return to the moon this decade, NASA has been testing new lunar vehicles in simulated low gravity.