Asteroid, Comet…or Something Else? Mysterious Activity on “Oddball” Space Object Raises New Questions
UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...
NASA alert! Two large space rocks asteroid approaching Earth - check date, time, and other details
Two asteroids, 2024 YW9 and 2024 PT5, will pass close to Earth on January 9, 2025. NASA confirms they are not a threat. The ...
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Rare 4-Kilometer-Long Asteroid 887 Alinda Makes A Spectacular Close Approach To Earth
A large asteroid is about to make its closest approach to Earth in 100 years. Over the coming days, it's so close you should be able to observe it yourself with only the aid of binoculars.
An ‘oddball’ centaur is galloping around the solar system, according to scientists
Chiron is a class of comet-ish asteroids/asteroid-ish comets called centaurs – named after the half-human, half-horse hybrid ...
NASA Alerts: Five enormous asteroids approaching Earth at high speed soon—Check date and time here
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is monitoring five asteroids—2024 YA10, 2024 BM1, 2024 PT5, 2024 YD13, and 2024 YW9—approaching Earth.
Asteroid Alert! NASA Warns Of Two Big Space Rocks Set For Close Encounter With Earth: Date, Time, Speed And Distance
NASA alerts of two asteroids nearing Earth earth on January 9. Here's everything you need to know about these celestial ...