Terrifying 'city-killer' asteroid to fly dangerously close to Earth this week
A colossal asteroid, known as 2014 TN17, is set to make a chillingly close pass by Earth this week, marking the nearest ...
Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at JPL
Surveyor is a $1.4-billion infrared telescope with a single mission: to hunt asteroids and comets that could pose a danger to ...
NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a bus-sized asteroid that will be zooming past the Earth today at a speed of nearly 28,028 miles per hour.
NEO surveyor instrument enclosure tested inside historic chamber for Apollo spacecraft testing
The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid To Make Its Closest Approach To Earth In More Than 100 Years This Week
A "potentially hazardous" Apollo-class asteroid will be making its closest pass by Earth in more than 100 years this week.
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A car-sized asteroid flew close to Earth and scientists had no idea
A car-sized asteroid flew within about 2,950km of Earth on Sunday. That’s remarkably close – the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalogue compiled by ...
Asteroid May Not Hit Earth in 2032, But It Will Come Back
In late 2024, astronomers spotted asteroid 2024 YR4 on a trajectory that could potentially threaten Earth. This observation ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
“This would have been a delicate case,” says Juan Luis Cano, an aerospace engineer with the European Space Agency’s Near-Earth Object Coordination Center (NEOCC) in Italy. And that’s ...
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‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
TN17 is one of 2,500 known potentially hazardous asteroids — Near Earth Objects that are larger than 460 feet wide and that could come within 4.65 million miles of Earth — according to the ...
Giant Asteroid 2014 TN17- twice the size of Taj Mahal racing toward Earth: NASA issues alert
TN17 will safely pass Earth this time, NASA's warning serves as a reminder of the lurking dangers in space. Scientists and ...
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Earth 1, asteroids 0: The next generation of planetary defense takes shape at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LOS ANGELES – There is a non-zero chance that somewhere in the nearby solar system is a rock that might kill us all. This stony assassin may well be orbiting the sun at this very moment ...