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Asteroid the size of 89 wolverines to pass Earth on Monday, March 25 - NASA
The asteroid in question, dubbed 2021 CF6 as noted by the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), will be passing by during Shushan Purim ...
Space.com5d
Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites
It gets so close that the line on NASA's trajectory map for the asteroid actually passes through Earth as it crosses the planet's orbit. Don't worry, this is a harmless space rock. An asteroid ...
scmp.com5d
Meteorite suggests asteroid Vesta may once have had magma lake just like the early moon, say Chinese scientists
Vesta emerged in the first 1 to 2 million years after the solar system formed and is now the second largest body in the asteroid belt ... was found in Algeria in 2021 and sold to a Chinese ...
Hindustan Times12d
100-foot asteroid set to buzz Earth today; NASA reveals how close it will get
A day after two 100-foot asteroids came very close to Earth, another asteroid is set to do the same today and NASA is tracking the space rock as it approaches our planet. Asteroids are space rocks ...
Forbes4d
Mass Of Early Main Asteroid Belt Was Shockingly Small, Says New Paper
"Tight framing of the solar system complete with asteroid belt (planets not to scale!). Original ... [+] texture maps courtesy Nasa (and custom ones). Please see my portfolio for other space ...
The Washington Post25d
This perilous mission to an asteroid might teach us about our origins
while in the more recent “Don’t Look Up” (2021), the body careening toward Earth functions as an apt stand-in for our floundering in the face of climate change. The asteroid of our ...
Newsweek6d
Update on NASA Killer Asteroid Deflection Test
A NASA experiment that sent a spacecraft slamming into the side of an asteroid may have sent debris flying into space, possibly into the path of Mars. The asteroid, named Dimorphos, was hit by ...
Deccan Herald24d
Asteroid named after Bengaluru astrophysicist
New Delhi: An asteroid has been named after veteran Indian ... Murthy retired from the IIA in 2021 and has been an Honorary Professor at the institute since then. He was also the acting Director ...
NDTV24d
NASA Gives Asteroid A Makeover: Now Shaped Like A Watermelon
In a win for planetary defence, NASA's DART mission not only successfully nudged an asteroid off course, but new data reveals it also reshaped the space rock. DART, short for Double Asteroid ...
New Atlas5d
Three-legged asteroid-hopping robot passes Zero G airplane-ride test
All nine leg motors work together to launch the SpaceHopper high off the asteroid's surface when jumping. As the robot is subsequently in flight, it maintains its upright orientation by ...
The Hindu24d
Asteroid named after Professor Jayant Murthy of Bengaluru
International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after Prof. Jayant Murthy, who was acting director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) before his retirement in 2021.