NASA, Earth and Asteroid

NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
NASA is tracking a truck-sized asteroid which is set to hurtle by Earth today at many times the velocity of a speeding bullet.The space rock—dubbed "2025 BV5"—is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be some 26 feet across.
NASA spotted a big asteroid that may hit Earth — what you should know
The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System — a global network of telescopes funded by NASA to find Earth-threatening objects — spotted the asteroid 2024 YR4 in December
Asteroid 2024 YR4: Could It Hit Earth in 2032? NASA’s Urgent Response!
A newly discovered 100-meter-wide asteroid, 2024 YR4, has triggered a global defense plan for the first time in history! With a 1.3% chance of impact in 2032, NASA and the European Space Agency are closely monitoring its trajectory.
Asteroid placed at top of NASA risk list with chance it could hit Earth in 2032
The newly discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 is thought to be large enough to wipe out a city and has triggered global defence plans
Scientists track massive asteroid with rare 1.3% chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A newly discovered 100-meter-wide asteroid has triggered Earth's planetary defense systems for the first time, with a 1.3% chance of colliding with our planet in December 2032. Designated as asteroid 2024 YR4,
NASA Warns of Near-Earth Asteroid With a Higher Impact Probability Than Normal
A recently discovered 196-foot-wide asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, has caught the attention of astronomers worldwide after calculations revealed a 1-in-83 chance that it could impact Earth on December 22,
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Mysterious 'asteroid' orbiting Planet Earth is actually Elon Musk's car
A brand new mysterious 'asteroid' is causing confusion after it was spotted and submitted by an amateur astronomer, before ...
Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric ...
Mystery 'asteroid' in Earth's orbit is something completely different – and it's Musk's fault
Major astronomy body the Minor Planet Centre (MPC) was forced to list the discovery - made by a citizen scientist - as ...
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Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — It Was Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster
The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early Solar System
Two new studies show a briny, carbon-rich environment on the parent body of the Bennu asteroid was suitable for assembling ...
Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock
A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...
It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say
An asteroid that orbited near Earth for a few months as a mini-moon may be a chunk of the moon that was blasted off by an impact thousands of years ago.
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Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very different
Harvard astronomers were left red-faced after mistaking Elon Musk's orbiting Tesla Roadster for a potentially dangerous ...