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This asteroid will come EXTREMELY close to the Earth on Friday; Know how to watch it
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This asteroid will come EXTREMELY close to the Earth on Friday; Know how to watch it

[ad_1] 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 a close approach to our planet. But it will be unlike anything we have seen recently. And that's because the asteroid is going to come closer to the Earth than some of our geosynchronous satellites. The flyby of the asteroid 2022 BU is going to be the fourth closest approach of a space rock since 1900, according to NASA. This is an incredibly rare opportunity and you should not miss out on watching it move across the sky. Find out how to watch it.Asteroid 2022 BU: DetailsThe asteroid is 82-foot wide. It was first spotted on January 21 by Gennad...
SCARY Asteroid 2023 BU to come closer to Earth than satellites; a terrifying 3500 km
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SCARY Asteroid 2023 BU to come closer to Earth than satellites; a terrifying 3500 km

[ad_1] 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. Generally, almost every day, we see asteroids flying past the Earth from close distances. But these still maintain a distance between a few hundred thousand kilometers to a few million kilometers, thereby lowering the chance of an asteroid strike. However, soon a new-found asteroid is going to come closer to Earth than satellites orbiting our planet. The Asteroid 2023 BU is going to come as near as 3500 kilometers to Earth. Know whether it can strike our planet.The development was reported by SpaceWeather.com which noted on its website, “Newly-discovere...
130-foot asteroid to come scarily close to Earth TODAY, says NASA; Should you worry?
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130-foot asteroid to come scarily close to Earth TODAY, says NASA; Should you worry?

[ad_1] A plane-sized 130-foot asteroid is to come extremely close to Earth today. NASA says it is hazardous for Earth. Should you worry about it? Know here. Did you know, dinosaurs were in the prime of their lives during the late Cretaceous period when an asteroid drove them into extinction, says a latest study. This dinosaur-killing asteroid was between 10.6 and 80.9 km in diameter and it crashed in Chicxulub, near the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico around 65 million years ago. Think about it, if a giant asteroid can end the era of dinosaurs, then what will happen if a massive asteroid hits our planet now? Scary! Right? Hence, to detect the terror of these monster rocks, NASA and other agencies keep an active eye on these rocks and inform in advance.Five such potentially hazardous aster...
460-foot Christmas Asteroid just came terrifyingly close to Earth
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460-foot Christmas Asteroid just came terrifyingly close to Earth

[ad_1] The mysterious Christmas Asteroid came terrifyingly close to Earth on December 15. If you missed seeing it, then know that you still have a chance to spot. A mysterious and massive 460-foot wide Christmas asteroid just buzzed Earth from terrifyingly close quarters. On December 15, Asteroid 2015 RN35, which was first discovered on September 9, 2015, and renamed as the Christmas asteroid by the European Space Agency (ESA) is said to have a massive diameter of anything between 196-to-460 feet. The most worrying part is that the asteroid came so close that it whizzed past the Earth at a distance of just 426000 miles. This is just a little bit farther than the Moon is to Earth. It is less than twice the distance between the moon and Earth, actually. As per NASA's CNEOS data, the ast...
220-foot asteroid on way to Earth, says NASA; gigantic rock speeding at a fiery 62296 kmph
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220-foot asteroid on way to Earth, says NASA; gigantic rock speeding at a fiery 62296 kmph

[ad_1] A potentially hazardous, gigantic 220-foot asteroid named 2022 WP11 is all set to make its closest approach to Earth, NASA warned. Do you know that asteroids are also called planetoids? While some asteroids may be small at just a few feet, others are as big as hundreds of kilometres. These asteroids revolving around the sun are too small to be called planets hence, these are known as planetoids or minor planets. However, despite this, these asteroids can be dangerous to Earth, just like the Chicxulub asteroid, which ended the era of dinosaurs. It was said to be a 100 million-megaton blast that devastated the Gulf of Mexico region. Hence, to detect the terror of these asteroids in advance, NASA and its tech keep constant track of all upcoming ones that come too close for comfort...
Triple Terror! 3 giant asteroids coming towards Earth today; NASA reveals speed and more
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Triple Terror! 3 giant asteroids coming towards Earth today; NASA reveals speed and more

[ad_1] NASA has warned about three potentially hazardous asteroids, one of which measures a massive 140-foot in size, that are coming towards Earth. Know what NASA says. Some asteroids surprise astronomers and come out of nowhere to hit Earth as happened just a few days ago. This asteroid was discovered just a few hours before impact. Thankfully, the undetected asteroid was too small in size to cause any serious impact and it ended up raining a few meteorites on Canada as most of it burned up in the atmosphere. However, that might not be the case every time! You must have heard tales about the infamous Chicxulub asteroid that caused massive destruction on Earth around 66 million years ago. This is the asteroid that ended the era of the dinosaurs. And that is why the fear of asteroids ...
120-foot wide asteroid coming horrifyingly close to Earth; NASA reveals stunning speed
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120-foot wide asteroid coming horrifyingly close to Earth; NASA reveals stunning speed

[ad_1] An asteroid that is around 120-foot wide is on its way to make a terrifyingly close approach to Earth. Know what NASA said. Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid crashed into Earth and ended the age of the dinosaurs! This devastating asteroid crash caused the extinction not just of dinosaurs, but a wide range of other living beings too, including environmental and biotic organisms. It was just one tale filled with terror amongst the total of 1113527 asteroids found so far. However, the terror of asteroid crashes is very much there today for humanity too. Almost on a daily basis, NASA keeps everyone alert about the upcoming planet-killer space rocks such as asteroids and comets. In a recent development, NASA has found a massive 120-foot wide asteroid that is hurtling towards ...
110-foot asteroid terror coming near Earth tomorrow! NASA reveals blistering speed
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110-foot asteroid terror coming near Earth tomorrow! NASA reveals blistering speed

[ad_1] NASA has warned about a massive 110-foot wide asteroid zooming towards Earth. Know the danger. Asteroids are too small to support life and they cannot hold onto any kind of atmosphere. How small are they? NASA says that the collective mass of all the asteroids in the Solar System is even less than the mass of our Moon! But these tiny leftovers of the early Solar System can be deadly in case they hit the Earth they can create havoc. In fact, if big enough, they can even be called planet killers. The danger unfortunately, never goes away and now NASA has revealed that a massive asteroid is zooming towards Earth at a blistering speed of 21549 km per hour, CNEOS data mentioned.NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which keeps an eye on all the near-Earth objects in space has info...
150-foot asteroid zooming towards Earth, says NASA; Know if it is scary or hazardous
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150-foot asteroid zooming towards Earth, says NASA; Know if it is scary or hazardous

[ad_1] A massive 150-foot wide asteroid is coming at massive speed towards Earth. Should we worry? NASA explains. Earth heaved a sigh of relief as a humongous 360-feet wide asteroid shot past Earth at extremely close quarters yesterday! This asteroid named 2022 RB5 marked its closest approach at just 3.11 million miles. It was termed as a potentially hazardous asteroid because of its large size and uncomfortably close approach to Earth. However, asteroid terror is still out there! There is another asteroid named 2005 AZ28 which is zooming towards Earth at a speed of 19522 km per hour. This asteroid also falls under the category of potentially hazardous objects and it is coming tomorrow.But how does NASA determine if the upcoming asteroid is dangerous for Earth or not? These giant rock...
Scary! 2 giant asteroids zooming towards Earth TODAY; one will come terrifyingly close
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Scary! 2 giant asteroids zooming towards Earth TODAY; one will come terrifyingly close

[ad_1] Two potentially hazardous asteroids are hurtling towards Earth today. Should you worry? NASA explains. Yesterday, Earth was buzzed by a humongous 180-foot asteroid. Thankfully, it flew safely past. Its closest approach to the Earth was 4.2 million miles. But that is not always the case! The two infamous cases of asteroid strikes that still manage to bring the terror of asteroids to the fore in our consciousness include the "Tunguska Event," which resulted in a shockwave shearing trees across a huge region of Russia back in 1908. The second one is none other than the dinosaur-killing asteroid, which struck around 66 million years ago.These asteroids in space travel around the Sun, but they can alter their paths due to any disturbance in the gravitational force of planets and eve...