Por: NBC News Science February 01, 2024
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid as big as a skyscraper will pass within 1.7 million miles of Earth on Friday. Don’t worry: There’s no chance of it hitting us since it will pass seven times the distance from Earth to the moon. NASA’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies estimates the space rock is between 690 feet and 1,575 feet across. That means the asteroid could be similar in size to New York City’s Empire State Building or... + full article
Newsweek USA Tech January 31, 2024
A huge potentially hazardous asteroid about as wide as the Empire State Building's height is due to zoom past the Earth on Friday.This asteroid, named 2008 OS7, is estimated to be between 690 and 1,570 feet across, according to data from NASA's Center for Near-Earth... + más
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ABC News USA Nation September 06, 2023
Five asteroids will fly past Earth beginning Wednesday, but aren't expected to serve as a threat to the planet, NASA said.Between Sept. 6 and Sept. 12, one asteroid the size of a house, three the size of a plane and one asteroid the size of a bus will make way near Earth,... + más
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Newsweek USA Tech March 27, 2023
A NASA spacecraft is on the final leg of its journey back to Earth after collecting samples from asteroid Bennu.The OSIRIS-REx mission successfully selected samples of the asteroid in 2020. It is set to return to Earth on September 24, 2023. But why was asteroid Bennu chosen for... + más
How is NASA preparing for asteroid Bennu's return? | Newsweek
Newsweek USA World October 24, 2022
A gargantuan asteroid measuring between 1,000 and 2,430 feet in diameter, is due to fly past Earth on November 1.The asteroid, named 2022 RM4, is traveling at speeds of roughly 52,500 miles per hour, and is expected to sail past the Earth at a distance of 1,427,801 miles.In... + más
ABC News USA Tech September 28, 2022
NASA has successfully tested its Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft, or DART, which collided with an asteroid Monday night.Asteroid Dimorphos, which NASA said is the size of a football stadium, does not pose a threat to the planet, in this case. But will help scientists... + más
NASA Is Crashing a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid. Here's Why and How to Watch | NBC 6 South Florida
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 26, 2022
NASA will cause quite a stir in the cosmos Monday night, when an unmanned spacecraft is scheduled to crash into an asteroid millions of miles from Earth in a test of our planet’s ability to defend itself against asteroid and comet strikes.Here’s a quick primer on NASA’s... + más
How to watch NASA crash a spacecraft into an asteroid on Monday | The Verge
10 WBNS USA Nation September 22, 2022
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be... + más
Why is a NASA spacecraft crashing into an asteroid? | ABC News
Set a calendar alert: NASA to broadcast first asteroid redirect on Monday | Ars Technica
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