NASA Upgrades To Sentry-II to Track All Hazardous Asteroids, New Version Takes Into Account the Yarkovsky Effect

SPACE 01.24.2022 02:53 AM

NASA Sentry-II is a computer program that predicts asteroid near-misses and crashes with Earth in the future.

Asteroid Collisions That Formed Martian Craters Have Been Consistent For Over 600 Million Years

01.24.2022 02:07 AM

Curtin University revealed that the asteroid collisions responsible for numerous impact craters on the Martian surface were very consistent over the past 600 million years.

Asteroid Impacts the Inner Solar System for the Last 600 Million Years

01.22.2022 21:19 PM

The crater detection algorithm "automatically counts the visible impact craters" from a high-resolution image, a planetary research team from the United States, Australia, France, and Côte d'Ivoire has analyzed the formation of over 500 massive impact craters on Mars.

Massive Asteroid About The Size Of Washington Monument Will Fly Near Earth On January 24

01.17.2022 02:30 AM

Experts confirmed that the trajectory of asteroid 2017 XC62 will be closer to Earth in January 24. A new asteroid that roughly scales to the gigantic Washington Monument was detected in space.

NASA Says A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bigger Than the Empire State Building Will Whiz Earth Soon

01.15.2022 20:53 PM

According to NASA, asteroid (7482) 1994 PC1 is a potentially hazardous near-Earth asteroid that will pass Earth in a close but safe encounter.

Earth Had An Extremely Close Encounter With Asteroid 2022 AC4; Italian Astronomer Shares Eerie Incident [WATCH]

01.12.2022 23:53 PM

On Tuesday, an astronomer captured a snapshot of an asteroid the size of a home flying by the Earth at a pretty near distance.

NASA Says a Massive Asteroid Will Pass Earth Next Week; How To Spot It?

01.12.2022 20:17 PM

NASA predicts the massive chunk of asteroid will zoom by Earth at almost 43,000 mph on Jan. 18, at 4:51 p.m. EST,

Meteorite Older Than Earth Most Likely Part of Ancient Protoplanet; Here's Why Erg Chech 002 Is Full of Mystery

12.30.2021 23:00 PM

A new study detailed the potential answers around the mystery of the Sahara Desert's Erg Chech 002 meteorite.

NASA Detects Massive Asteroid Thrice The Size Of Statue Of Liberty To Pass By Earth Wednesday; Should We Be Alarmed?

12.28.2021 21:09 PM

According to NASA, a massive asteroid is moving towards Earth and will pass near to our planet tomorrow.

NASA Spacecraft to Travel to Strange Metal-Rich Asteroid 16 Psych Between Mars and Jupiter In August 2022

12.26.2021 22:15 PM

NASA has provided further details about its intentions to explore the odd metal asteroid Psyche as part of a mission that will launch next year.

NASA Spotted a Bus-Sized Asteroid Heading to Earth in Early 2022; Is It a Threat to The Planet and Humanity?

12.26.2021 20:51 PM

The asteroid 2014 YE15 will approach Earth on January 6, 2022 and will not endanger the planet, according to NASA.

NASA ’s Anti-Asteroid DART Mission Shares Its First-Ever Stunning Photos From Space

12.25.2021 22:38 PM

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft has opened its "eye" and returned its first photographs from orbit just two weeks after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Asteroid Ignites 2 Years of Darkness to Earth; The Same Rocky Object That Wiped Out Dinosaurs 66 Million Years Ago

12.23.2021 22:45 PM

A team of researchers from the California Academy of Sciences recently reported soot forming wildfires filled the sky and blocked the Sun shortly after an asteroid hit the Earth.

What Season Did the Dinosaur-Killing Space Rock Hit Chicxulub Cater? Asteroid's Effect on Biodiversity Still in Question

12.09.2021 23:17 PM

A new study on the fossils excavated from Tanis, North Dakota revealed the season when Chicxulub space rock hit Earth 66 million years ago.

Asteroids Slamming on the Moon Produce Light Like Fireworks! Here's How It Happens [LOOK]

12.02.2021 23:53 PM

A stunning animation depicts what asteroids might look like if they collided with the moon and exploded like fireworks.

Massive Asteroid Bigger Than a Football Field, 100 Times More Damaging Than World's Powerful Thermonuclear Bomb Will Appear On Earth's Orbit Monday

11.28.2021 23:17 PM

An asteroid double the size of Big Ben and more damaging than the world's most powerful man-made weapon will fly near Earth this Monday and will be visible through some observatories in the country.

Large Asteroid Heading to Earth in December Could Cause Massive Destruction Greater Than an Atomic Bomb

11.26.2021 22:29 PM

A large asteroid as big as Washington Monument, which means it would be far more powerful than a nuclear bomb, will likely pass by Earth on December 27.

NASA Successfully Launches DART Mission to Nudge Asteroid Off Course [WATCH]

11.24.2021 21:39 PM

The goal of NASA's planetary defense experiment is to ram the DART vehicle into a rock and alter its trajectory in order to assess the viability of diverting additional items that may be heading tragically toward the earth.

How to Watch Double Asteroid Redirection Test on Wednesday? NASA Will Crash SpaceX Falcon 9 Into an Asteroid to Explore Defense Options for Earth

11.21.2021 23:10 PM

NASA is launching a spacecraft with a daring mission dubbed Double Asteroid Redirection Test or DART to crash into an asteroid to explore the different defense options for Earth in case an actual threat happens.

NASA To Launch SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket For DART Spacecraft Mission, Protect Earth From Asteroid Collision

11.19.2021 22:03 PM

NASA is preparing to launch the first anti-asteroid defense spacecraft this November 24 in preparation for a future asteroid collision that is a threat to Earth.

First-Ever Anti-Asteroid Defense Spacecraft DART Launching Soon Aboard SpaceX Falcon 9; Expected to Target Didymos Moonlet

11.17.2021 03:32 AM

NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is expected to launch DART aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to manage the direction of Didymos' moonlet, Dimorphos.