asteroid danger

Space agencies such as NASA and ESA, with the help of several space and ground-based telescopes, discover and track asteroids that are in space. Approximately 3,000 new NEOs are discovered annually, which makes continuous monitoring and…

NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is responsible for monitoring all known near-Earth objects (NEOs) and assessing their potential risk of impact. Scientists actively scan the skies with the latest technological…

Despite asteroids making close approaches to Earth almost every day, not all of them pose a threat to Earth. So, how does NASA know which ones could emerge as big threats? Well, NASA classifies asteroids as Potentially Hazardous if they…

Considering the horrific destructive potential from asteroids, NASA and other space agencies keep a constant watch. These asteroids mainly remain in the asteroid belt, but some asteroids do change their path of orbit. How? According to…

Asteroid 2023 JR1, a member of the Apollo group of asteroids, is currently headed for an unexpectedly close engagement with Earth today. Surprisingly, NASA discovered this asteroid just on May 12, 2023 - merely two days before its close…

Earth has been witnessing a whirlwind of natural phenomena these past few months. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and solar storms have been causing havoc on the planet. But it is not just phenomena on Earth that have the potential to cause…

An asteroid that was once thought to be on a collision course with Earth is being monitored by NASA and other space agencies. However, it has been determined that it will not crash into the planet, but it will pass extremely close to Earth…

NASA has issued a warning regarding an alarming asteroid that is on its way, which will come dangerously close to Earth. This asteroid, known as Asteroid 2023 JD, will get astonishingly close to earth at just 821,000 miles. NASA's CNEOS…

Every day, asteroids come close to Earth, but how is it possible to observe and track these space rocks which are millions of kilometers away in space? NASA uses telescopes, such as Pans-STARRS1 in Maui, Hawaii, and Catalina Sky Survey…

Asteroids, also known as minor planets, are remnants from the early stages of our solar system's formation approximately 4.6 billion years ago. These rocky and airless objects vary in size, with the largest asteroid being Vesta, measuring…