asteroid 2022

This asteroid is rushing towards Earth, says NASA! How close will it come to the planet? Asteroids have struck the Earth more than once in the last billion years. Some of them have changed the course of history. They may well be the reason for the rise of humanity. But how can asteroid impact craters, which struck the Earth thousands of years ago be identified? In an astonishing development, a team of international researchers identified the previous impact sites of asteroids using CSI crime solving techniques. But…

NASA warns that a huge 64-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, December 15. Is there a danger of an asteroid strike? Find out. The peak of the Geminid meteor shower was yesterday, December 14, but you can still watch the bright meteors moving across the sky for a few more days. However, you may see a particularly bright object across the sky and it might not be a meteor shower but a hazardous asteroid speeding towards the Earth. NASA has spotted a 64-foot wide asteroid that will be…

NASA warns that a huge 108-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, December 3. Is there a danger of an asteroid strike? Find out. The NASA Orion spacecraft has left the orbit of the Moon and is now headed towards the Earth. And while this is a great moment for astronomy enthusiasts as the completion of this mission will lead to the first crewed mission to the Moon in many decades, this is not the only thing headed for the Earth. A large 108-foot wide asteroid is also headed towards the…

NASA warns that a huge 160-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, November 30. The last day of November is going to be quite frightful for Earth as a monster asteroid is going to come dangerously close to the Earth, reports NASA. The risk here is that even the slightest redirection for the asteroid can increase the chances of an asteroid strike. And with a massive size of 160-foot, this asteroid can spell a major disaster if it impacted our planet. Even if it is not large enough to be…

NASA warns that a 65-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, November 26. Know the consequences that a gigantic asteroid has. When it comes to space, both exploration and protection is equally important for scientists and space agencies. That is why before the Artemis-1 mission, which is aiming to send crewed spacecraft back to the Moon to explore its polar region, NASA took up the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) where a spacecraft was used to change the path of an asteroid. And…

NASA says that a 75-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, November 19. Know the consequences that this huge asteroid has. After multiple failed attempts, NASA was finally able to launch the Artemis 1 Moon rocket successfully. The mission is going to be the precursor before the American space agency sends crewed spacecraft to the Moon again. But while we are creating milestones in space exploration, the same space has become a source of terror for us. The threat comes from these…

NASA has revealed key information about Asteroid 2018 WH which is hurtling towards a close encounter with Earth today. Earth has been in the firing line of various environmental phenomena these past couple of months. Solar storms, geomagnetic storms, earthquakes and more, have plagued the Earth with every one of them potentially capable of causing mass damage. Asteroids too have been a common sight with at least 30 asteroids passing by in the months of August, September and October, and it seems November is likely to…

In 2021, the asteroid 2021 UA1 came so close to the Earth that it could have easily smashed into the planet and caused a disaster. Know all about our planet’s escape. We keep reading about asteroids flying past the Earth on a regular basis but we don't actually realize how terrifyingly close these space rocks can get and the scale of destruction they can inflict on our planet if they smash into it. But every now and then, an asteroid gets pulled by the Earth's gravity and gives us a glimpse of the disaster these…

NASA warns that a humongous 240-foot wide asteroid will be coming dangerously close to the Earth today, November 12. Know the consequences that a gigantic asteroid has. Ever since the new class of asteroids have been discovered, which are roaming entirely within the Earth's orbit, the threat of an asteroid strike has increased multifold on us. The threat comes from these asteroids as most cannot be tracked due to the Sun's glare and the photosensitive nature of the telescopes. This means that any of these asteroids can…

Asteroid 2022 UC22 which is as big as 630 feet (size of a building) is rushing towards Earth at an unimaginable speed, says NASA. Know all about this asteroid. Space is full of several near-Earth objects (NEOs) like asteroids and comets. These objects can be dangerous for Earth, if they are large in size and hit the planet. However, scientists and researchers do keep any eye on these asteroids and comets and track their movement in order to know whether they are on a collision course to planet Earth. As per the latest…