NASA is currently tracking a massive building-sized asteroid that’s expected to approach Earth on Sunday (April 26). Aside from the incoming asteroid, two other near-Earth objects will fly past the planet this weekend.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 24, 2020
NASA’s automated tracking system is currently monitoring three asteroids that are approaching Earth's orbit.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 23, 2020
The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently added a new asteroid to its Risk List.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 23, 2020
An amateur astronomer trying to take a photo of the fragmenting comet Atlas accidentally came across trains of Starlink satellites deployed by SpaceX.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 23, 2020
NASA has detected a small asteroid that’s expected to fly close to Earth on Saturday (April 25).
Inigo Monzon
Apr 22, 2020
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the celebration which was founded in 1970 by Gaylord Nelson, a senator from Wisconsin.
Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan
Apr 22, 2020
SpaceX is currently seeking the approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow it to operate thousands of its Starlink satellites in a lower orbit. The submitted filed the request as it prepares for the launch of the latest batch of Starlink satellites.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 22, 2020
A new study revealed that releasing herds of large animals in the Arctic region could help fight the effects of climate change. According to the authors of the study, the presence of herding animals such as bison, horses and reindeer can prevent the melting of permafrost.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 21, 2020
NASA’s automated asteroid tracking system is currently monitoring a large near-Earth object that’s currently approaching the planet.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 21, 2020
The annual meteor shower typically produces 15 to 20 meteors an hour during the overnight shower, but has produced around 100 an hour on rare occasions.
Kevin Billings
Apr 21, 2020
A security camera was able to capture the moment when a meteor streaked across the sky and created a bright fireball. The incident was most likely caused by a small asteroid that collided with Earth.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 21, 2020
Scientists recently discovered a rare star system that contains six planets. According to the scientists, the different planets follow an unusual and remarkable orbital pattern around their host star.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 21, 2020
The first geomagnetic storm of the year recently occurred after Earth got hit by solar emissions ejected by the Sun. Space weather forecasters said the solar event took them by surprise.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 21, 2020
NASA is currently monitoring two asteroids that are expected to fly close to Earth on Tuesday. According to the agency’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the trajectories of the approaching asteroids are known to intersect Earth’s orbit.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 20, 2020
For the first time, astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to photograph SpaceX’s train of Starlink satellites in space. The satellites appeared as a minor stream of solar winds bombarded Earth.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 19, 2020
NASA’s asteroid tracking system has detected a massive near-Earth object that’s expected to approach Earth on Monday afternoon. According to the agency, the approaching asteroid follows a natural trajectory that intersects Earth’s orbit.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 19, 2020
NASA is currently monitoring a massive asteroid that will cross Earth’s orbit on Saturday. According to the data collected by the agency, the approaching asteroid is bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 17, 2020
A security camera was able to capture a bright fireball as it illuminated its surroundings over a town in Peru.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 16, 2020
The exoplanet-hunting space telescope launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) is now ready to officially start its mission.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 16, 2020
NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) has detected two asteroids that are currently headed for Earth.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 16, 2020
After going through the old data collected by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, scientists came across a new exoplanet that’s about as big as Earth.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 16, 2020
A new computer model revealed that the formation of the Moon might have distorted the shape of Earth during its early years.
Inigo Monzon
Apr 15, 2020