NASA simulates how the U.S. might respond to asteroid threatening Earth ...
Jun 21, 2024 — Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting the Earth in about 14 years — a space rock so big that it could not only take out a city but devastate a whole...
Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL - NASA's Eyes
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
An asteroid hit Earth just hours after being detected. It was the …
1 day ago — A small asteroid burned up in Earth's atmosphere off the coast of California just hours after being discovered and before impact monitoring systems had registered its trajectory.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
3 days ago — The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance …
Asteroid Approaches Earth Today: What We Know - Newsweek
1 day ago — An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...
Apophis - NASA Science
Apophis is about 1,100 feet (340 meters) in width. It’s expected to safely pass close to Earth – within 19,794 miles (31,860 kilometers) from our planet’s surface – on April 13, 2029. This will be the closest approach to Earth by an asteroid of this …
Eyes on Asteroids | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
See thousands of asteroids and comets in real-time, see the next five close approaches to Earth, and explore past, present and future missions to asteroids and comets.
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
Jul 3, 2024 — The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 500-foot-wide (150-meter-wide) asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach — within about 184,000 …
NASA Analysis: Earth Is Safe From Asteroid Apophis for 100-Plus …
Mar 25, 2021 — The near-Earth object was thought to pose a slight risk of impacting Earth in 2068, but now radar observations have ruled that out. After its discovery in 2004, asteroid 99942 Apophis had been identified as one of the most hazardous asteroids that could impact Earth.
Asteroid will soon enter Earth's orbit as temporary 'mini moon'
A school-bus-sized asteroid is expected to spend about two months orbiting Earth as a "mini moon" as it gets temporarily caught by Earth’s gravity.