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Gigantic 130-foot wide asteroid is hurtling towards Earth today, warns NASA
8Oct By adminNo Comments
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Gigantic 130-foot wide asteroid is hurtling towards Earth today, warns NASA

[ad_1] A massive asteroid will be making its closest approach to the Earth today, October 8, according to NASA. Is there a risk of asteroid strike? Find out. The Earth is dodging asteroids left and right. After escaping the threat from a couple of asteroids yesterday, including a 100-foot space rock, the Earth again faces the scare of an even larger one. According to NASA, a 130-foot wide asteroid is approaching the Earth today, October 8 and this is a scary development. An asteroid this size can easily flatten a major city in the world if it ends up getting dragged by the Earth's gravitational pull and unleash a nightmarish hell on our planet. So, how likely is the chance of an asteroid strike? Read on to find out.The tech NASA leverages to protect the EarthNASA has built and operate...
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NASA says 110-foot wide asteroid is zooming towards Earth today! Danger looming?
6Oct By adminNo Comments
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NASA says 110-foot wide asteroid is zooming towards Earth today! Danger looming?

[ad_1] According to NASA, a 110-foot wide asteroid called 2022 TB1 is headed towards Earth today. Is it dangerous? What is the chance of an asteroid strike? With asteroids constantly moving past the Earth, the threat of an asteroid strike is not really that far-fetched. This risk grows significantly higher whenever a large asteroid makes its way towards the planet. NASA has reported that a 110-foot wide asteroid will be making its close approach to our planet. Worryingly, this asteroid is large enough to flatten an entire city and if it were to get pulled in by Earth's gravity, it could spell a major disaster for us. But there are ways for us to know what the chance of an asteroid strike is. And it goes through a wing of NASA called the Planetary Defense.The Planetary Defense of NASA ...
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Asteroid, big as a Bus, will come SHOCKINGLY close to Earth today at 372000 km, says NASA
6Oct By adminNo Comments
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Asteroid, big as a Bus, will come SHOCKINGLY close to Earth today at 372000 km, says NASA

[ad_1] Asteroid 2022 TD will be coming extremely close to the Earth today, October 6, according to NASA. Can it get trapped by Earth’s gravitational pull and strike us? With about 20000 Near Earth Objects (NEO) discovered so far, asteroids fly past our planet on a daily basis. These asteroids range between the size of a pebble and the Burj Khalifa. Shockingly, an asteroid will come frighteningly close to the Earth, closer than the Moon. Asteroids pose a potential risk to Earth and it is hard to tell when one of these asteroids might actually strike the planet. Realizing the complicated nature of asteroid monitoring, NASA built a technological superior planetary defense wing which hosts a number of departments like the Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO), Center for Near Earth...
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Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once! Study reveals horrific truth
29Sep By adminNo Comments
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Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once! Study reveals horrific truth

[ad_1] A new study has found shocking evidence about the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs from Earth. It also suggests that the in future, Earth can be hit by multiple asteroids at once. On Tuesday, September 27, NASA reached a historic milestone when it struck an asteroid with a spacecraft with an expectation to change its trajectory. Part of its planetary defense system, this can be a very important tool for us in case an asteroid heads towards the Earth and scientists need to deflect it using a spacecraft. However, a new study has revealed shocking information that the Earth is more likely to get struck with multiple asteroids at once instead of just a single asteroid. If the claims are true, then the planetary defense sy...
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NASA’s DART mission first step to prevent Armageddon, say Indian scientists
28Sep By adminNo Comments
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NASA’s DART mission first step to prevent Armageddon, say Indian scientists

[ad_1] NASA's DART mission is a step towards preparing the world for a potential future asteroid strike. NASA's DART mission is a step towards preparing the world for a potential future asteroid strike like the one which killed dinosaurs some 66 million years ago, the chances of which are very slim in our lifetime, Indian scientists said. In a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to test whether space rocks that might threaten Earth in the future could be nudged safely out of the way. DART – the world's first planetary defence technology demonstration -- targeted the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, a small body just 160 metres in di...
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Asteroid collision: All about the mysterious NASA Cubesat satellite that took crash photos
28Sep By adminNo Comments
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Asteroid collision: All about the mysterious NASA Cubesat satellite that took crash photos

[ad_1] A NASA cubesat satellite called LICIACube played an incredibly important role in the DART mission. Know all about this mysterious tech marvel. Ever since the successful conclusion to the NASA DART mission where a spacecraft smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, much has been said about how this effort could be the first real step towards developing a practical planetary defense mechanism against rogue asteroids, and for all the right reasons. But while a majority of the attention is going towards the hero of the mission, the spacecraft called the DART Impactor, not much attention is being given to the NASA Cubesat satellite which performed the all important task of taking photos of the crash. Known as the LICIACube, thi...
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WATCH history being made: NASA crashes spacecraft against Asteroid Dimorphos
27Sep By adminNo Comments
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WATCH history being made: NASA crashes spacecraft against Asteroid Dimorphos

[ad_1] NASA reaches a historic milestone by crashing the DART spacecraft into the Dimorphos. Watch the video. In the early hours of September 27, NASA did something historic. The US space agency took a spacecraft packed with the latest tech, remotely operated it and took it 6.8 million miles away and then intentionally crashed it into an asteroid at the speed of 14400 miles per hour. The Double Asteroid redirection Test or the DART mission is one of the most ambitious projects of NASA because it does not directly serve the purpose of exploration of space but rather developing a defense mechanism to protect us from a planet killer asteroid strike. And today's mission was an important step in that direction. Read on to know the...
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Did the historic NASA DART crash change the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos?
27Sep By adminNo Comments
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Did the historic NASA DART crash change the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos?

[ad_1] Now that the historic NASA DART mission has been successfully completed, how long will it take to know whether asteroid Dimorphos has changed its orbit? Just a few hours ago, the historic NASA DART mission came to an exciting and successful conclusion as the designated spacecraft, moving at the speed of 22,500 kilometers per hour, smashed into the asteroid Dimorphos. The mission was being conducted to test the planetary defense capabilities of NASA. While the asteroid itself was not a threat to the Earth, the test mission is supposed to help the space agency in collecting data in real-world conditions to see by what margin can the orbit of an asteroid be shifted if a high-velocity spacecraft crashes into it. But this d...
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‘A new era’: NASA DART mission strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense
27Sep By adminNo Comments
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‘A new era’: NASA DART mission strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense

[ad_1] Testing out its planetary defense capabilities, NASA successfully conducts the DART mission after crashing into asteroid Dimorphos. NASA's DART spaceship on Monday struck the asteroid Dimorphos in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a cosmic object from devastating life on Earth.Impact occurred at 7:14 pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT), 10 months after the Double Asteroid Redirection Test probe blasted off from California to carry out its first-of-a-kind experiment. "We're embarking on a new era, an era in which we potentially have the capability to protect ourselves from something like a dangerous hazardous asteroid impact," said Lori Glaze, director of NASA's planetary science division. The 530-foot (160-meter...
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After NASA asteroid collision, Hera will probe ‘crime scene’
24Sep By adminNo Comments
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After NASA asteroid collision, Hera will probe ‘crime scene’

[ad_1] After NASA smashes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid next week, it will be up to the ESA's Hera mission to probe “crime scene”. After NASA deliberately smashes a car-sized spacecraft into an asteroid next week, it will be up to the European Space Agency's Hera mission to investigate the "crime scene" and uncover the secrets of these potentially devastating space rocks.NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) aims to collide with the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos on Monday night, hoping to slightly alter its trajectory -- the first time such an operation has been attempted. While Dimorphos is 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) away and poses no threat to Earth, the mission is a test run in case the world...
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