The object is hurtling towards the Earth at a zippy 12,616 miles per hour, according to data from the space agency.
Astronomers do not know where thousands of “city-killer” asteroids are, Nasa’s head of planetary defence has admitted.
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Astronomers track object parked near Earth’s orbit
A recent discovery by astronomers has sparked intrigue and curiosity in the scientific community. An object, exhibiting unusual characteristics and a rare orbit, has been found parked near Earth’s ...
The NASA project NEOWISE, which has given astronomers a detailed view of near-Earth objects – some of which could strike the Earth – ended its mission and burned on reentering the atmosphere after ...
Near-Earth objects (NEOs) as a research area encompass the observational, theoretical, and modeling studies of asteroids and comets whose orbits bring them into proximity with Earth, typically with ...
In the darkness of space that surrounds Earth, a group of small, icy bodies are swarming after being expelled from the farther reaches of the solar system. The mysterious objects, which are not quite ...
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is introducing a new Web site that will provide a centralized resource for information on near-Earth objects – those asteroids and comets that can approach Earth. The ...
The asteroid, around 100 feet in diameter, is speeding toward our planet at about 22,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.
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