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NASA is working on asteroid deflecting machine

Asteroid Approaching Earth Tonight at 94,000 kmph; Classified by NASA as Potentially Hazardous; Visible With Telescope

Even though the August 21 flyby will be the asteroid's closest approach to Earth, yet it will pass the Earth from a distance nine times that of between Earth and Moon.

Aug 21, 2021

Scientists discover origin of dinosaur-killing asteroid, and it is dark [details]

The asteroid that hit the earth around 66 million years ago was 6 miles wide

Aug 10, 2021

Psyche: A US$10,000 Quadrillion Asteroid that Can Turn Everyone on Earth Billionaires; Has Enough Gold to Topple World Economy [Details]

'Psyche' was identified by Annibale de Gasparis, an Italian astronomer, on 17 March 1852; a NASA mission to the asteroid is said to take off in 2022.

Aug 7, 2021

Truth behind Jupiter's "energy problem" revealed by space scientists

The solution to Jupiter's 'energy crisis,' which has perplexed scientists for decades, has been disclosed in new research published in Nature.

Aug 5, 2021

Navodaya Vidyalaya students discover 8 new asteroids under Khagolshala Search Campaign [Details]

Students from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya have discovered new asteroids as part of the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser and SPACE Foundation's Khagolshala Asteroid Search Campaign 2021.

Jul 29, 2021

7-yr-old girl helps NASA discover 7 asteroids; Meet the world's youngest astronomer

At the age of two, she asked her mother for a star and her parents handed over a toy star to her. It's only later they came to know what she truly meant by a star

Jul 27, 2021

Asteroid warning: 220 meter space rock heading towards earth's orbit, NASA confirms

Several top space experts believe that giant asteroids could hit the earth one day or the other

Jul 19, 2021

World Asteroid Day: Will a rogue space rock wipe out life from earth? Experts answer

Several space experts strongly believe that life on earth could be wiped out one day or another by a rogue asteroid from deep space

Jun 30, 2021

End of life on earth: New NASA, ESA missions could shed light on annihilation of blue planet

NASA's future mission to Venus is expected to shed light on how life will end on earth

Jun 16, 2021

$10,000 quadrillion worth Asteroid 16 Psyche has a different origin story, study suggests

Scientists believed that asteroid 16 Psych is the exposed iron core of a small planet that failed to form during the earliest days of the solar system

Jun 10, 2021

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother to fly on space tourism rocket in July

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Monday said he will fly to the edge of space along with brother onboard his company Blue Origin's tourism rocket -- New Shepard -- on July 20.

Jun 8, 2021

Dinosaurs would not have gone extinct if they had developed this technology, says Elon Musk

It was around 66 million years ago that a giant asteroid hit the blue planet and wiped out dinosaurs from the earth's surface

Jun 6, 2021

Asteroid alert: Space rock twins heading towards earth [details]

Top space experts including Dr Iain McDonald and physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson believe that devastating asteroid hits are not confined to the past

Jun 6, 2021

From The Rain to Glitch: Five surprisingly thrilling series available on Netflix

OTT giant Netflix has some amazing thrillers on its platform to enthrall the audience

May 30, 2021

NASA's asteroid warning: Potentially hazardous rogue rock to shoot past earth on June 01 [details]

Several top space experts believe that devastating asteroid hits are not confined to the past, and it will happen in the future too