Earth Hit By Asteroids

Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...

A three-meter wide astroid entered Earth's atmosphere north of Iceland just two hours after bring discovered. Most of it was vaporised before reaching the surface.

An asteroid which was believed to be on a collision course with Earth does not post a threat to the planet, according to the ESA. The 2022 AE1 asteroid is expected to pass by Earth at a safe distance of 10 million kilometres, more than 20 times Earth-moon distance.

The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...

NASA is gearing up for the launch of its first planetary defence test, which will involve a spacecraft intentionally crashing into an asteroid to impact its trajectory. The US agency has filled the spacecraft with fuel, performed some final tests, and is running rehearsals for the final mission. Named Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mi...

What if a rock big enough to cause large-scale damage, say an asteroid, were to hit Earth? NASA asked one of its experts the question. Dr. Kelly Fast said it's important to find the asteroids “before they find us.” She, however, added there's no known threat to Earth.

An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.

Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

A massive asteroid called 52768 (1998 OR2) will cross past Earth on April 29. However, NASA says that it won't hit us as the space rock will be 6.3 million km away from Earth.

A monster asteroid called 99942 Apophis -- named after an Egyptian "God of Chaos" -- will come dangerously close to the Earth in 2029.

According to a new study, the number of asteroids colliding with the Earth and Moon has increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years.

For the past two years, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has sailed across the solar system by the light of the stars. Like ancient mariners and the Apollo astronauts, it needed the constancy of the constellations to navigate the dark unknown. All that changed Monday, when the NASA probe finally reached its target, an Empire State Building-sized asteroid ...

NASA's target for the first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique is an asteroid that will have a distant approach to Earth in October 2022.

Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing the planet.

Recent simulations suggest a very small chance that asteroid Apophis could be deflected onto a collision course with Earth before its close approach in 2029. Although current data points to a safe pass, the risk remains, especially if another space object were to strike Apophis. The odds are extremely low, but a final verdict won’t be available u...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Hubble Space Telescope captured a series of photos of asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by a 1,200-pound NASA spacecraft called DART on September 26, 2022, according to their statement. Hubble's time-lapse movie of the aftermath of DART's collision reveals surprising and remarkable, hour...

A three-meter wide astroid entered Earth's atmosphere north of Iceland just two hours after bring discovered. Most of it was vaporised before reaching the surface.

An asteroid which was believed to be on a collision course with Earth does not post a threat to the planet, according to the ESA. The 2022 AE1 asteroid is expected to pass by Earth at a safe distance of 10 million kilometres, more than 20 times Earth-moon distance.

The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...

NASA is gearing up for the launch of its first planetary defence test, which will involve a spacecraft intentionally crashing into an asteroid to impact its trajectory. The US agency has filled the spacecraft with fuel, performed some final tests, and is running rehearsals for the final mission. Named Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the mi...

What if a rock big enough to cause large-scale damage, say an asteroid, were to hit Earth? NASA asked one of its experts the question. Dr. Kelly Fast said it's important to find the asteroids “before they find us.” She, however, added there's no known threat to Earth.

An asteroid named 2021 NY1 could come close to hitting the Earth this month. The asteroid has been classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It has also been classified as a near-Earth object owing to its predicted close pass by our planet.

Asteroid 2020 QL2 that could be up to 120 meters (393 feet) in diameter is expected to safely fly past Earth on September 14, as per NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).

A massive asteroid called 52768 (1998 OR2) will cross past Earth on April 29. However, NASA says that it won't hit us as the space rock will be 6.3 million km away from Earth.

A monster asteroid called 99942 Apophis -- named after an Egyptian "God of Chaos" -- will come dangerously close to the Earth in 2029.

According to a new study, the number of asteroids colliding with the Earth and Moon has increased by up to three times over the past 290 million years.

For the past two years, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has sailed across the solar system by the light of the stars. Like ancient mariners and the Apollo astronauts, it needed the constancy of the constellations to navigate the dark unknown. All that changed Monday, when the NASA probe finally reached its target, an Empire State Building-sized asteroid ...

NASA's target for the first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique is an asteroid that will have a distant approach to Earth in October 2022.

Using a computer simulation model based on a moon crater, planetary scientists have revealed that early Earth is likely to have been hit by giant asteroids capable of killing off life and completely resurfacing the planet.