Sunday, February 13, 2022
Large asteroid to fly 4.8 mln km away from Earth - Roscosmos - TASS
An asteroid having the diameter of 1.3 km will fly on March 4 at a distance over 4.8 mln km from our planet and will not collide with the Earth, Russian state space corporation Roscosmos said in its Telegram channel.
Thursday, October 07, 2021
Nuking An Asteroid to Prevent It from Hitting Earth Could Actually Work, Study Shows - Tasnim News Agency
(Tasnim) – Reassuring news for those waiting to delay the apocalypse for as long as possible: A new study suggests that our last line of defense against an asteroid hitting Earth is an effective strategy after all.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Huge Asteroid to Fly Through Earth's Orbit - Sputnik International
The approaching asteroid is approximately 220 meters in diameter and is expected to travel past our planet at a speed of about 8 kilometres per second.
Thursday, July 08, 2021
Chinese Scientists Suggest Launching Dozens of Rockets to Prevent Asteroid Collision With Earth - Sputnik International
In a newly published research, experts at China's National Space Science Center have proposed launching a fleet of rockets into space to simulate diverting an asteroid away from Earth.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
NASA spacecraft starts trip back after collecting asteroid samples - The Jerusalem post | EL ETOS UT
A NASA spacecraft, which scientists believe has collected samples from an asteroid, began its two-year journey back to Earth on Monday.
Sunday, May 09, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
Huge Asteroid the Size of a Cruise Liner to Make Close Approach to Earth This Week - Sputnik International
A huge asteroid the size of a cruise liner will whizz past the Earth this week.
NASA said 2016 QE45 is estimated to be between 120 and 270 metres in width, which makes it almost as big as the Queen Elizabeth II ocean liner.
Monday, March 22, 2021
No threat to Earth as huge asteroid zooms past | Al Jazeera
The largest asteroid to pass by Earth this year has made its closest approach, posing no threat of a cataclysmic collision but giving astronomers a rare chance to study a rock formed during the beginning of our solar system.
Monday, December 21, 2020
NASA warns of THREE asteroids headed towards Earth, as Japan prepares for next mission to nearby space rock — RT
As 2020 draws to a close and the number of existential threats to life on Earth appears to diminish at least slightly, NASA is warning about the close flybys of three asteroids over 40 meters in diameter.
Saturday, December 05, 2020
Asteroid capsule landing point detected - BBC News
A recovery team in Australia has detected the landing point of a space capsule bearing the first large quantities of rock from an asteroid.
Saturday, October 17, 2020
Asteroid the Size of Big Ben Approaching Earth, Says NASA
At the end of the 20th century NASA launched the Near-Earth Object Programme, aimed at finding and tracking the movement of celestial objects whose orbits could bring them into close proximity to our planet. The space agency so far has found an estimated 25,000 NEOs to date.
Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Japan's Hayabusa 2 spacecraft reaches cosmic 'diamond'
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Friday, April 14, 2017
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 18
Monday, October 05, 2015
NovaGea eco News (November 2015)
The agency chose the name Ryugu from over 7,000 suggestions.................Asteroid on which Japan's space agency will detonate explosives in 2018, to be called "Ryugu"