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Asteroid countdown begins! These 5 objects – as large as ‘FIFA stadiums’ – to pass by Earth soon
As per reports, the largest asteroid, Asteroid 2008 OS7, is expected to pass on February 2, 2024, at a distance of 1.77 million miles. ASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring five ...
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This is the asteroid that will pass close to Earth on Sunday and will not be seen again until 2087: how to observe it from home
What time is the first full moon of 2025? Here's when the Wolf Moon will peak This Sunday, January 12, the asteroid (887) Alinda, which measures about 4.2 kilometers in diameter, can be seen from ...
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NASA Tracking Empire State Building-Sized Asteroid Approaching
A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is zooming towards our planet this weekend. The asteroid, named 2024 WY70, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be roughly ...
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Countdown begins for space survival game
Players navigate a procedurally generated universe, encountering asteroid fields, abandoned stations, and unknown cosmic phenomena. Launching next Tuesday on Steam, it can now be tried out in a ...
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Giant asteroid will be visible with binoculars
An asteroid the width of Manhattan will be close enough to Earth tonight to be seen with binoculars. The good news is that the word "close" — like all things astronomical — is relative.
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NASA’s ‘Psyche’ Mission To Quadrillion-Dollar Asteroid Is Go
In less than 80 days NASA and SpaceX will launch a solar-powered spacecraft on a 2.5 billion miles (four billion kilometers) journey to the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter to reveal ...
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There May Be Water On Psyche, The Asteroid ‘Worth $10,000 Quadrillion’
massive and heavily metallic body in the main asteroid belt. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected hydrated minerals on the surface of asteroid 16 Psyche. The asteroid is one of the ...
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NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth
An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. For comparison, the Washington Monument is about 555 feet tall, the Golden Gate Bridge is ...
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Asteroid headed toward Earth may arrive on Valentine's Day 2046 - Nasa
Asteroid 2023 DW has a better chance of hitting a date of 14 February than our planet, NASA says. A newly detected asteroid has a very small chance of impacting the Earth in 2046, Nasa tweeted on ...
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Ho ho ho: Asteroid the size of nine reindeer to pass by Earth on Christmas - NASA
An asteroid the size of nine reindeer is set to pass over the Earth on Wednesday, Christmas, in what is set to be a relatively close holiday flyby, according to NASA's asteroid tracker.
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Apophis asteroid will not hit Earth for 100 years, Nasa says
Earthlings can breathe a sigh of relief after US space agency Nasa confirmed the planet was "safe" from a once-feared asteroid for the next 100 years at least. Nasa had deemed Apophis to be one of ...
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ISRO chief warns of real possibility of an Asteroid hitting Earth, urges preparedness
Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), mentioned ongoing experiments to determine readiness to defend against an asteroid expected to hit within a year. ‘Countdown to death found’: Tiny sphere ...