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NASA gives ‘all clear’ for asteroid that seemed to threaten Earth

The probability of impact has shifted in the past two months as astronomers gathered more information about the asteroid from ground-based telescopes.
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NASA gives ‘all clear’ for asteroid that seemed to threaten Earth
NASA gives ‘all clear’ for asteroid that seemed to threaten Earth

NASA gives ‘all clear’ for asteroid that seemed to threaten Earth

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Will an asteroid devastate Earth by 2032?

So far, scientists have only seen a small fraction of the asteroid 2024 YR4’s orbit, which every four years goes in a wildly oblong path from inside the Earth’s orbit to nearly the distance of Jupiter.
24 February 2025, 06:25 IST
Will an asteroid devastate Earth by 2032?
Will an asteroid devastate Earth by 2032?

Will an asteroid devastate Earth by 2032?

24 February 2025, 06:25 IST

Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to the launchpad

'If this works out, this will probably be the biggest business ever conceived of,' said Matt Gialich, founder and CEO of AstroForge, the builder and operator of the robotic probe.
24 February 2025, 02:59 IST
Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to the launchpad
Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to the launchpad

Earth's first asteroid mining prospector heads to the launchpad

24 February 2025, 02:59 IST

Asteroid threat: India in 'risk corridor' if 2024 YR4 collides with Earth in 2032

Measuring 40-100 metres wide, 2024 YR4 will most certainly zoom past the Earth at a very close distance, but what has people alarmed is the probability of a collision, which currently stands at 2.2%.
15 February 2025, 10:07 IST
Asteroid threat: India in 'risk corridor' if 2024 YR4 collides with Earth in 2032
Asteroid threat: India in 'risk corridor' if 2024 YR4 collides with Earth in 2032

Asteroid threat: India in 'risk corridor' if 2024 YR4 collides with Earth in 2032

15 February 2025, 10:07 IST

New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in early Solar System

Asteroids are fragmentary remnants of pre-existing parent bodies from early in our Solar System’s history that have since been destroyed by collisions with other objects.
30 January 2025, 09:48 IST
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in early Solar System
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in early Solar System

New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in early Solar System

30 January 2025, 09:48 IST

Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth

The object’s current odds of striking Earth may sound scary — and it’s fair to say that an asteroid in this size range has the potential to cause harm. Should it strike a city, the damage would not cause anything close to a mass extinction, but the damage to the city itself would be catastrophic.
30 January 2025, 05:23 IST
Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth
Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth

Newly discovered ‘Christmas asteroid’ could collide with Earth

30 January 2025, 05:23 IST

14-year-old Noida student discovers asteroid; NASA lets him name it

Daksh Malik, a class 9 student from Shiv Nadar School, participated in a Nasa project, during which he discovered the asteroid between Mars and Jupiter's asteroid belt.
28 January 2025, 06:16 IST
14-year-old Noida student discovers asteroid; NASA lets him name it
14-year-old Noida student discovers asteroid; NASA lets him name it

14-year-old Noida student discovers asteroid; NASA lets him name it

28 January 2025, 06:16 IST

Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter

C-type asteroids, among the solar system's most ancient objects, are the most common asteroid type, followed by stony S-type asteroids and rarer metallic M-type asteroids. Compositional differences among asteroids arise from how far from the sun they formed.
16 August 2024, 02:06 IST
Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter
Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter

Asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs originated beyond Jupiter

16 August 2024, 02:06 IST

NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history

Five new studies published in Nature Communications journal today have used the images sent back from DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and its travel buddy LICIACube to unravel the origins of the Didymos-Dimorphos dual asteroid system. They’ve also put that data in context for other asteroids out there.
31 July 2024, 08:32 IST
NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history
NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history

NASA smacked a spacecraft into an asteroid – and learned details about its 12-million-year history

31 July 2024, 08:32 IST

'Asteroid hitting earth a real possibility,' says ISRO as 'Apophis' to pass by earth in 2029

ISRO chief S Somnath said that such events of an asteroid approaching planets are frequent and if such a thing happens on earth, there are possibilities of extinction.
05 July 2024, 08:36 IST
'Asteroid hitting earth a real possibility,' says ISRO as 'Apophis' to pass by earth in 2029
'Asteroid hitting earth a real possibility,' says ISRO as 'Apophis' to pass by earth in 2029

'Asteroid hitting earth a real possibility,' says ISRO as 'Apophis' to pass by earth in 2029

05 July 2024, 08:36 IST