Eyes on Asteroids - NASA/JPL - NASA's Eyes
Explore the 3D world of Asteroids, Comets and NEOs. Learn about past and future missions, tracking and predicting orbits, and close approaches to Earth.
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
1 day ago · The dashboard displays the next five Earth approaches to within 4.6 million miles (7.5 million kilometers or 19.5 times the distance to the moon); an object larger than about 150 meters that can approach the Earth to within this distance is termed a potentially hazardous object.
Watch: Asteroid 'Fireball' Seen After Only Ninth-Ever Pre-Impact ...
Sep 5, 2024 · The videos show the 3-foot-wide asteroid falling in a bright streak of light before flaring and fading away into the dark of the night as it burned up.
Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this ...
13 hours ago · While an asteroid this big could trigger a mass extinction event if it were to collide with Earth, its large size also makes it a great target for curious stargazers. On Sunday (Jan. 12), Alinda ...
"Extraordinary" video shows asteroid passing "extremely" close to Earth
Jan 27, 2023 · An astronomer has captured "extraordinary" footage of an asteroid that made an "extremely close" approach to the Earth on Thursday.
NASA reveals images of enormous, snowman-shaped asteroid …
Sep 23, 2024 · NASA scientists have released fascinating images of an asteroid that zipped past Earth this week — revealing it to be the shape of a weird tumbling snowman.
Once-A-Decade Event As 2.6 Miles-Wide Asteroid Hurtles Past Earth …
1 day ago · Called (887) Alinda, the near-Earth asteroid is one of the five largest destined to get closer to Earth than 9.3 million miles (15 million kilometers) by the year 2200, according to Masi.
Asteroid Watch - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Did you ever wonder how NASA spots asteroids that maybe getting too close to Earth for comfort? Watch and learn. Find out more about NASA finds, studies and tracks near-Earth objects by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense.
Massive, 'potentially hazardous' asteroid due to make closest-ever ...
Dec 3, 2024 · The stadium-sized asteroid 2020 XR is due to make its closest approach to Earth on record early on Dec. 4, and the encounter will be livestreamed for everyone to see.
NASA alert! Two large space rocks asteroid approaching Earth
2 days ago · The closest approach of the asteroid to Earth is going to be at 4:10 AM IST on January 9, 2025. During this close pass, 2024 YW9 will be at about 1,040,000 kilometers (about 645,000 miles) away ...