Asteroid

A 190-feet wide asteroid is going to approach Earth soon and NASA has already announced its approach. To give you some perspective, the asteroid is larger than the Colosseum (157 feet) situated in Rome. According to the space agency, the asteroid will make its closest approach to our planet on Wednesday, June 8. It isn't uncommon for asteroids to closely pass by Earth. Earlier on Monday, a 160-feet asteroid had a close approach to Earth. However, the upcoming asteroid is raising eyebrows. An asteroid this large may have…

If a large asteroid struck the Earth, it could have devastating consequences.Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). It is…

Gigantic asteroids have smashed into the Earth before—RIP dinosaurs—and if we’re not watching out for all those errant space rocks, they could crash into our world again, with devastating consequences. That’s why Ed Lu and Danica Remy of the Asteroid Institute started a new project to track as many of them as possible.Lu, a former NASA astronaut and executive director of the institute, led a team that developed a novel algorithm called THOR, which harnesses massive computing power to compare points of light seen in…

It looks like yet another Potentially Hazardous asteroid is set to fly by the Earth. The asteroid is 7335 (1989 JA) and it will complete a flyby of the Earth on May 27, at around 10:26 a.m. ET, NASA says. The massive asteroid is estimated to be around 10 times taller than the Statue of Liberty, at almost 1.8 kilometers (5,900 feet). This Potentially Hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth later this month An illustration of asteroids skimming past the Earth. Image source: auntspray / Adobe According to NASA’s…

Potentially hazardous asteroid might come closest to Earth soon. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has alerted that an asteroid that is four times as big as the Empire State Building is speeding towards Earth.  According to a report published in LiveScience, NASA has classified the asteroid as "potentially hazardous". The asteroid is hurling through space at a speed of 47,200 mph (76,000 km/h), which is 20 times faster than a bullet. This…

Imagine an asteroid that is four times as big as the Empire State Building. Now, imagine it hurling through space at a speed of 47,200 mph (76,000 km/h), which is 20 times faster than a bullet. This is how an asteroid is speeding towards Earth. This asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), is estimated to just whizz past our planet on May 27. It is estimated to make a close approach at 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometres) from Earth. That is 10 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon.According to NASA's Center…

An enormous asteroid four times the size of the Empire State Building will make a close approach to Earth on May 27, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).  Fear not: the asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA), will soundly miss our planet by about 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) – or nearly 10 times the average distance between Earth and the Moon.Still, given the space rock's enormous size (1.1 miles, or 1.8 km, in diameter) and relatively close proximity to Earth, NASA has classified the…

The Colorado School of Mines in the fall of 2018 became the first university in the nation to offer advanced degrees in space resources, and that focus looks like it is paying off by drawing the attention of firms in the emerging field. Karman+, a space mining startup based in the Netherlands, is looking to plant its flag in either Denver, the United Kingdom or Luxembourg. To help sway the decision, the Colorado Economic Development Commission on Thursday approved $1.29 million in job growth incentive tax credits to the…

Researchers have found over 1,700 asteroid trails in archived Hubble data from the last 20 years. While many of the asteroids are previously known, more than 1,000 are not. What good are another 1,000 asteroids? Like all asteroids, they could hold valuable clues to the Solar System's history.  As time passes and more and more telescopes perform more and more observations, their combined archival data keeps growing. Sometimes discoveries lurk in that data that await new analytical tools or renewed efforts from scientists…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said that a giant space rock Asteroid 388945 (2008 TZ3) will make close approach to our planet at 2.48am on May 16. Space scientists have warned that a huge asteroid is heading towards the Earth. Additionally, NASA has said that the asteroid is 1,608 feet wide. Just for reference, the iconic New York Empire State building stands at 1,454 feet. Interestingly, the asteroid is also larger than the Eiffel Tower.  It is…