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NASA has named the asteroid 2023 CL3 and put it under the category of Earth Close Approaches list. They have revealed that an asteroid of that size could do serious damage if it collides with Earth.
Bus-sized asteroid dashing towards Earth! NASA clocks it at 26331 kmph | Tech News
In recent years, there has been a growing effort to find, track and study asteroids that could potentially threaten Earth one day. To counter this threat, NASA carried out the first planetary defense test against potential asteroid impact with its DART test.
NASA has reported that an asteroid, designated as Asteroid 2023 JL1, is traveling toward Earth at a staggering speed of 26331 kilometers per hour. It will make its closest approach to the Earth today, May 15, at a distance of 2.4 million kilometers.
Asteroid '74 times the size of Conor McGregor' to smash into Earth's orbit
According to information released by the American space agency NASA, a large asteroid called ‘2023 HT4’ entered the Earth’s orbit at around 11.20am GMT on Friday which, per to NASA’s Near Earth Object (NEO) calculations, has an unusually large diameter of 130 metres.
This Week @NASA: Webb's Surprising Look at Fomalhaut's Asteroid Belt, TROPICS CubeSats Launched
By NASA May 14, 2023 This artist's illustration depicts a collision of two icy, dusty bodies orbiting the bright star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away. This may have caused an expanding cloud of very fine dust particles.
A spacecraft changes parking spots at the space station … A surprising look at a star in another solar system …
UAE's ambitious asteroid mission will tour 7 space rocks | Space
The United Arab Emirates is targeting seven different space rocks with its ambitious mission to the main asteroid belt.
The mission was announced back in 2021 , but now a poster set to be presented in June at the Asteroids, Comets, Meteors Conference in Arizona has revealed the specific targets for the mission, Ars Technica (opens in new tab) reports.
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