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Ever since the samples from the asteroid Ryugu were delivered by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2020, the excitement among the astronomers has been at an all time high. And that is mainly…

Space is a hostile place. It is filled with multitudes of gigantic and high-speed celestial bodies moving in random directions. And some of them pose a direct threat to the Earth. Just a couple of days ago, an asteroid exploded over the…

Smaller asteroids frequently make close trips to Earth and although their distance of close approach is less, they fly past the planet without causing any harm. Larger asteroids pose a risk due to their sheer size even if they aren't on a…

Although smaller asteroids make close approaches with Earth nearly every day, bigger asteroids seldom do so. Even when asteroids come close to Earth, they do so safely or most of them burn up in the planet's atmosphere itself. However,…

A truck-sized asteroid that suddenly loomed out of the darkness a few days ago -- with the Earth in its sights -- sailed harmlessly past us on Thursday, space scientists said. Bruce Willis: you can stand down. A truck-sized asteroid…

An asteroid, no more than a pile of rubble, is extremely hard to destroy. Astronomers believe that if the Earth were ever to face the threat of being struck by it, defending our planet would be impossible. When it comes to defense…

The asteroid 2023 BU is going to come as close as 3,500 kilometers to the Earth, leaving even some satellites behind. Find out how to watch n just a couple of days, the Earth is going to witness a rare event. An asteroid is going to make…

The Asteroid 2023 BU is going to make an extremely close approach to the Earth, closer than even our satellites. Find out if it can strike our planet and cause major destruction. The Earth is going to witness a scary event soon.…

NASA expects a huge asteroid to make a close approach to Earth today, January 24. Here’s what the space agency said. Asteroids are dangerous space rocks and history has so many instances of it. Of the really notable ones is the one that…

Asteroid 2010 XC15 is a 500 feet wide potentially hazardous asteroid that can one day strike the Earth. In an effort to protect the Earth from asteroids similar to this, scientists are looking at radio waves. Check details. Nobody can…