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An asteroid called (153201) 2000 WO107, which is over 800 meters high and over 500 meters wide, larger than the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, will pass Earth on November 29 and be closer to our planet at 10.38 am, according to scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). Burj …

A NASA spacecraft landed on the rugged surface of the asteroid Bennu on Tuesday and took a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to take home. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 11-foot (3.35 m) robotic arm into a flat …

[ad_1] One was more red, while the other was more blue. Now, based on a new analysis of the observations captured by the spacecraft, scientists know why. Ryugu, like Icarus in Greek mythology, strayed too close to the sun at some point in its history. Hayabusa2 landed in Ryugu on …

[ad_1] An illustration of an asteroid in space. NASA / JPL A never-before-seen asteroid the size of a truck flew about 4,350 miles (7,000 km) above the Pacific Ocean on Monday, making it one of the closest steps to our planet on record. Astronomers were unaware of the existence of …

[ad_1] A newly discovered bus-sized asteroid will glide safely across Earth today (May 3), passing a distance of just over half the moon. Asteroid 2020 JA will fly through Earth at a range of approximately 148,000 miles (238,000 km) when it passes today. That is approximately 0.62 times the distance …

[ad_1] If you believe in the signs of the universe or of God or any spiritual thing you have, then this could make you run to put on a face mask, STAT. Apparently, a giant asteroid recently flew past Earth. And apparently, it was shaped like a face mask. If …

[ad_1] The asteroid is orbiting the Sun on a path that will take it within a “close” but safe distance to Earth on April 29. Officially named Asteroid (52768) 1998 OR2, the space rock is up to 2.5 miles (4.1 km) across. According to astrophysicist Gianluca Masi, from the Virtual …

[ad_1] FP TrendingApr 28, 2020 12:01:01 IST The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has said that a huge asteroid will be passing by Earth at a distance of 6.2 million km on 29 April. The space agency has named it Asteroid 1998 OR2. Asteroid 1998 OR2 is supposed to …

[ad_1] Image source: SPACE REFERENCE Potentially dangerous asteroid Apollo to gallop towards Earth, likely to fly on May 7 A 210-meter diameter asteroid is launching toward Earth and is likely to get particularly close on May 7, when the asteroid is like flying past. The NASA Center for Near-Earth Object …

[ad_1] The director of the planetary radar of the Arecibo Observatory, Anne Virkki, wore a face mask next to a radar image of the “masked” asteroid 1998 OR2. The Arecibo Observatory, a radio telescope in Puerto Rico, is tracking an asteroid approaching Earth this week and, while not posing a …