Near Earth Objects

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE in 2009, has ended its mission after nearly 15 years in operation. It successfully identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects and contributed significant data to the scientific community. NEOWISE's demise was attributed to the current solar maximum, leading to its atmospheric re-entry. As NEOWI...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon become Earth’s temporary second moon, entering orbit on September 29 and departing by November 25. While this mini-moon won't complete a full orbit, it will be caught in Earth’s gravitational pull for nearly two months. Unlike other celestial objects, this asteroid will be too dim to observe without advanced equipmen...

This celestial visitor named 2024 KN1, the size of an 88-foot aeroplane, is travelling at a speed of approximately 16,500 kilometres per hour.

The asteroid was first discovered in 2016, and research began on it in 2021. The results were published this month.

According to NASA data, the asteroid is travelling at a speed of 30,564 kilometres per hour.

2023 RO1 has passed by the Earth before, but this is the closest-ever approach to the planet, as per NASA data.

A new study reveals that new surveys are increasingly detecting new Near-Earth objects, including asteroids, that were previously hidden due to the glare of the Sun. These telescopic surveys are braving the Sun’s glare and searching for asteroids toward the Sun during twilight, unlike previous surveys that had a 'blind spot' for these celestial o...

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.

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.

Scientists at the US space agency NASA have said that the Near-Earth object orbiting the planet since the month of September is a 1960's-Era Centaur rocket booster.

A new comet called C/2020 F3 NEOWISE which was discovered by NASA's Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope, will be clearly visible to the naked eye from July 14, giving new hope to skywatchers.

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.

Two large recently discovered asteroids will pass by Earth tomorrow, scientists at NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) have said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been tracing their orbital path around the sun.

An asteroid that made a close approach to Earth last month is actually two objects orbiting each other, reveal new observations by three of the world''s largest radio telescopes.

As earthlings in the US get ready to don Halloween costumes on October 31, asteroid 2015 TB145, dubbed the 'Great Pumpkin' in a reference to the holiday, will fly past the planet at a safe distance, NASA said.

NASA's NEOWISE spacecraft, originally launched as WISE in 2009, has ended its mission after nearly 15 years in operation. It successfully identified around 3,000 near-Earth objects and contributed significant data to the scientific community. NEOWISE's demise was attributed to the current solar maximum, leading to its atmospheric re-entry. As NEOWI...

Asteroid 2024 PT5 will soon become Earth’s temporary second moon, entering orbit on September 29 and departing by November 25. While this mini-moon won't complete a full orbit, it will be caught in Earth’s gravitational pull for nearly two months. Unlike other celestial objects, this asteroid will be too dim to observe without advanced equipmen...

This celestial visitor named 2024 KN1, the size of an 88-foot aeroplane, is travelling at a speed of approximately 16,500 kilometres per hour.

The asteroid was first discovered in 2016, and research began on it in 2021. The results were published this month.

According to NASA data, the asteroid is travelling at a speed of 30,564 kilometres per hour.

2023 RO1 has passed by the Earth before, but this is the closest-ever approach to the planet, as per NASA data.

A new study reveals that new surveys are increasingly detecting new Near-Earth objects, including asteroids, that were previously hidden due to the glare of the Sun. These telescopic surveys are braving the Sun’s glare and searching for asteroids toward the Sun during twilight, unlike previous surveys that had a 'blind spot' for these celestial o...

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.

A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency said, following fevered speculation over where the 18-tonne object would come down.

Scientists at the US space agency NASA have said that the Near-Earth object orbiting the planet since the month of September is a 1960's-Era Centaur rocket booster.

A new comet called C/2020 F3 NEOWISE which was discovered by NASA's Near Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope, will be clearly visible to the naked eye from July 14, giving new hope to skywatchers.

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.

Two large recently discovered asteroids will pass by Earth tomorrow, scientists at NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) have said. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been tracing their orbital path around the sun.

An asteroid that made a close approach to Earth last month is actually two objects orbiting each other, reveal new observations by three of the world''s largest radio telescopes.

As earthlings in the US get ready to don Halloween costumes on October 31, asteroid 2015 TB145, dubbed the 'Great Pumpkin' in a reference to the holiday, will fly past the planet at a safe distance, NASA said.