Asteroid Hitting Earth

New NASA data lowers asteroid 2024 YR4's Earth impact risk to just 0.004%

After estimating an initial 3.1 per cent impact probability, Nasa's latest calculations revealed that the asteroid 2024 YR4 has near-zero chances of hitting Earth in 2032

Updated On: 25 Feb 2025 | 5:58 PM IST

Nasa's James Webb telescope zeroes in on asteroid that could hit Earth

Nasa is directing the James Webb Space Telescope to track asteroid 2024 YR4, whose collision risk with Earth has risen to 2.3 per cent, in a bid to better understand its size and trajectory

Updated On: 11 Feb 2025 | 12:54 PM IST

Chances of Asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth double - should we be worried?

As of recent updates, the asteroid's probability of collision has surged to 1 in 43, placing it at the top of Nasa's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) risk list

Updated On: 09 Feb 2025 | 10:30 AM IST

580-ft building-sized asteroid to pass by Earth on October 24, Nasa says

The US space agency says the 580-feet building-sized asteroid 363305 (2002 NV16) will pose no risk to Earth, although it is classified as "potentially hazardous"

Updated On: 23 Oct 2024 | 4:24 PM IST

Asteroid 2024 ON not hitting earth but its speed concerning, says Nasa

A huge 720-foot asteroid '2024 ON' is expected to approach Earth today. The asteroid will safely pass at a distance of 997,793 km, but its speed is a matter of concern

Updated On: 16 Sep 2024 | 3:32 PM IST

Is large asteroid Apophis a threat? Isro, Nasa gear up for 2029 encounter

Initially discovered in 2004, Apophis surpasses the size of India's largest aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya, and the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, the world's largest cricket stadium

Updated On: 10 Sep 2024 | 3:19 PM IST

Nasa issues alert as 140-feet airplane-size asteroid hurtles towards earth

A near-earth asteroid 2024 PQ5 is heading to earth at a speed of 28,128 miles per hour. Nasa issues alerts as the space agency closely monitors such activities to ensure no potential threats

Updated On: 20 Aug 2024 | 6:11 PM IST

Airplane-sized asteroid to pass by Earth today, NASA says no risk of impact

Asteroid 2024 OR1 is part of the Apollo asteroids, which have been making their closest approach to Earth recently

Updated On: 06 Aug 2024 | 2:26 PM IST

Will Apophis hit Earth? Nasa debunk myth; here's all you need to know

Nasa confirmed that Apophis will pass the earth with just 38,012 KM or 23,619 miles. Here's all you need to know

Updated On: 04 Jul 2024 | 6:00 PM IST

Are we prepared for an asteroid hit in 2038? Here's what Nasa said

Despite the lack of significant known asteroid impact threats in the near future, Nasa expressed concerns about our readiness to mitigate such a threat even with substantial warning

Updated On: 24 Jun 2024 | 2:48 PM IST

Earth's close shave: Asteroid 2023 TT8 zooms by today, reveals Nasa

Asteroid 2023 TT8 is approaching Earth at 28,525 km/h. It will safely pass at a distance of 2.2 million kilometres. Watch the video to learn more about the asteroid. #asteroid #2023tt8 #earth #nasa

Updated On: 16 Oct 2023 | 4:35 PM IST
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International Asteroid Day 2023: History, significance, and facts to know

World Asteroid Day 2023 is observed every year on June 30, and it aims to spread awareness about asteroid impact on earth. Asteroids are leftovers from the formation of our solar system

Updated On: 30 Jun 2023 | 11:42 AM IST

Nasa tracks two large asteroids approaching Earth at more than 30,000 kmph

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Centre for Near-Earth Objects (NEO) maintains a list of objects that may come close to Earth to understand the potential risk they pose

Updated On: 22 May 2023 | 2:10 PM IST

NASA issued alert as Asteroid 2023 HH3 passes close to the earth today

NASA issued the alert warning as an Asteroid is about to pass close to the Earth today, a bus size asteroid is passing at a speed of 48052 Km/h

Updated On: 25 Apr 2023 | 1:06 PM IST

'Planet killer' asteroid to soon cross Earth's orbit, but poses no threat

An asteroid is classified as a Near-Earth Object (NEO) if its distance from our planet is less than 1.3 times the distance between Earth and the Sun

Updated On: 12 Apr 2023 | 3:04 PM IST

Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week: NASA Systems

The asteroid was initially spotted by amateur astronomer Gennadiy Borisov on Saturday and reported to the Minor Planet Center (MPC)

Updated On: 27 Jan 2023 | 7:47 PM IST

NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid to test Earth's defence abilities

The mission is NASA's first demonstration of the agency's planetary-defense initiative to protect Earth from the possibility of a hazardous collision with an asteroid

Updated On: 27 Sep 2022 | 8:06 AM IST

Nasa's deflect-asteriod offensive to avoid future catastrophes on Earth

Dimorphos doesn't pose any threat to Earth, but the DART mission is the first physical test in space of one of NASA's primary tenets: planetary defense.

Updated On: 25 Sep 2022 | 10:31 PM IST

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa

Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second

Updated On: 30 Aug 2020 | 1:14 PM IST

Stadium-sized asteroid, 2 others to whiz past Earth in June: Know details

NASA's Near-Earth Object (NEO) web-site at the Centre for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) reveals that they will be fast approaching the Earth this month

Updated On: 04 Jun 2020 | 5:48 PM IST