Bus-Sized Asteroid to Pass Between Earth and Moon Next Week
"Asteroids are "bits of a planet that didn't happen" that orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter – the Main Asteroid Belt.
Space on MSN6h
A meteorite 200 times bigger than the dinosaur-killing asteroid helped life on Earth flourish
The destructive power of asteroids is undeniable — just ask the dinosaurs. New research suggests a huge space rock that ...
Asteroid Enters As Fireball Over California Skies Right After Its Discovery; Video Surfaces
Earlier on September 4, an asteroid just one metre wide entered the atmosphere as a brilliant fireball. Named 2024 RW1, the ...
Khaleej Times on MSN18h
UAE: City-sized asteroid nears Earth; when to spot it in Dubai skies
A city-sized asteroid is approaching Earth this October, set to make its closest approach on October 27. Known as 1036 ...
Wes Anderson’s favourite Marilyn Monroe movies: “She’s this most vulnerable kind of talent”
With one of the characters in 'Asteroid City' being inspired by Marilyn Monroe, Director Wes Anderson spoke about his ...
The News International10h
Saturn finally has its first Trojan asteroid
Gaseous giant Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid “2019 UO14” when the space rock was “bouncing” ...
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Asteroid named after NIT Calicut alumnus Maruti R Akella
Asteroid number 5376, a five-mile-wide minor planet orbiting the sun every 3.75 years, will now be known as ‘Marutiakella.’ ...
India Today on MSN8h
Asteroid the size of a 70-story skyscraper to come close to Earth
Estimated to be between 120 to 270 meters wide—roughly the size of a 70-story skyscraper—asteroid 2020 WG is considered a medium-sized Near-Earth Object (NEO).
4 large asteroids, including 1 the size of a skyscraper, speed past Earth
Four huge asteroids — and a fifth that's much smaller — are passing Earth on Thursday in their closest approaches to the ...
Interesting Engineering9h
A spacecraft to save humanity? How Hera will boost Earth’s planetary defense
The European Space Agency’s Hera mission is the first to send a spacecraft and two CubeSats to an asteroid in deep space.
Four large ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroids headed towards Earth – but it should be fine
Four large “potentially hazardous” asteroids – one the size of a skyscraper – are expected to pass by Earth on Thursday, ...
Northern Public Radio1h
The Sound of Science - 'Does Earth Have Two Moons?'
NIU STEAM launch to the WNIJ studio, and they brought their telescopes, to answer if Earth really has two moons.