A "potentially hazardous" asteroid measuring more than a mile long will zoom past Earth this week, the largest asteroid expected to get relatively close to our planet in 2022.
The asteroid, named 1989 JA, is estimated to be 1.1 miles long, or 5,905 feet, according to NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies. For reference, the asteroid is twice the size of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest building in the world.
Jupiter's massive gravity kicked strange Ceres into the asteroid belt | Space
A new computer simulation suggests that dwarf planet Ceres may have been flung by the gravity of gas giant Jupiter toward the sun during the volatile era of planet formation 4.5 billion years ago.
Round like a planet, Ceres also contains some odd chemical compounds, such as ammonia, that are not present in its neighbors. Ceres' strange nature has long led scientists to believe that the dwarf planet is an intruder in the asteroid belt.
NASA's asteroid explorer Lucy spotted disappearing moon during the lunar eclipse | Space
NASA's Lucy spacecraft, which is currently on its way to asteroids orbiting the sun at the same distance as Jupiter, watched the moon disappear during the total lunar eclipse on May 15.
NASA released a short black-and-white timelapse video capturing the rotating Earth on the left and the disappearing moon passing through the planet's shadow on the right. The sequence consists of images taken over a three-hour period starting at 9:40 p.m.
Comets vs Asteroids | Space
From blazing a trail through the night sky to wiping out the dinosaurs, we've all heard of the chunks of rock or ice traversing our solar system. But what's the difference between comets and asteroids?
In our solar system 's asteroid belt there are millions of asteroids and at least 1.1 million large asteroids with a diameter of 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) or greater. However, asteroids are just one of many objects orbiting the sun.
Wild Apophis asteroid spacecraft concept includes laser probes | Space
An early-stage mission concept could see laser-driven light-sail probes visit a notorious asteroid.
The space rock Apophis , which poses no threat to Earth whatsoever for at least 100 years , will make a harmless but very close flyby of our Earth in 2029.
But 2029 might be just enough time to squeeze out a few more mission ideas. A conference (opens in new tab) held online May 11 and 12 by the Houston-based Lunar and Planetary Institute investigated possible applications for planetary defense.
An Asteroid That Is Quadruple the Size of the Empire State Building Will Pass by Earth This Week
Scheduled to arrive on May 27, 7335 (1989 JA) has been classified by NASA as "potentially hazardous" due to its enormous size.
NASA monitors near-Earth objects like the one arriving in May closely, because, despite being at a safe distance from our planet, it could do a lot of damage if its orbit were to change.
Project Cobalt requests incentive for asteroid mining – Loveland Reporter-Herald
While mining has always been big in Colorado, Project Cobalt could take the lucrative process to a whole new altitude.
The $1.28 million requested would be distributed over the course of eight years, assuming all 150 jobs are created, and if the company is able to raise $16 million (15 million euros) prior to the end of 2022.
Biden in Japan, monkeypox, Russian diplomat resigns, asteroid near Earth. It's Monday's news.
A longtime Russian diplomat resigned his post over the invasion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden sent a more reassuring message about monkeypox: We've got vaccines. And a gigantic asteroid will whizz by Earth this week.
Just one asteroid strike on Earth can make humans go extinct, says this space documentary | Tech ...
It is no secret that 66 million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, causing most of the dinosaur species to go extinct. It even caused a mini ice age, and kept the Earth frozen for a long period of time.
The documentary Asteroid Rush is a two-part series that is each an hour long. The first part focuses on the risks from asteroids and the likelihood of an asteroid strike to the Earth. It also highlights what countries are doing to collectively protect the planet from any such incident.
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