Although it is expected to be a safe flyby, asteroid 1998 OR2 will come within 4 million miles of Earth. Historical Background of Asteroid 1998 OR2 Why is this Asteroid “Potentially Dangerous”? Trajectory and Other Visits of Asteroid 1998 OR2 How Can We See this Huge Asteroid? MuneebComputer Scientist by qualification who loves to read,…
A recent study, published in the journal ‘Nature Astronomy’, announced that a team of researchers has identified a tiny fragment of a comet inside LaPaz Icefield 02342. Science has yet again found something that may hold clues to the origin of our solar system. Researchers from the Carnegie Institution of Science have found a speck…
The Hubble Space Telescope of NASA observes an asteroid, called Gault that is disintegrating rapidly by throwing off material into its surroundings. Gault is located at a distance of 344 million kilometers from the Sun and was discovered, for the first time, in 1988. Since then, several observations have been made of this asteroid but…
Researchers used a new computer modeling technique to simulate asteroids that helped them improve their understanding of rock fracture. According to a new study at the John Hopkins University, incoming asteroids are much stronger than scientists previously thought. This study will help scientists to come up with improved asteroid mining methods as they will…
Whether 3200 Phaethon an asteroid or a comet? Blue Space Rock is a strange rock which was discovered in 1983 by John K. Davies and Simon F. Green. They used data from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) for locating this celestial object, which made 1983 TB (commonly known as 3200 Phaethon) the first asteroid to…
Humans do need a backup planet as Earth will not stay forever. It is a common information that Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, wants to colonize Mars with humans. He is extremely passionate about that and has clarified the world about his intentions on several occasions. The fact that he sent a Tesla car…
An asteroid is found in the outskirts of our solar system that is believed to be formed billions of years ago. Our solar system was much different in its early days. An international team of scientists investigated the solar system of that time by making use of ESO telescopes and different theoretical models. They concluded…
Can an Asteroid as big as LA lead to the Extinction of the Human Race? The world will vanish one day and scientists have many theories about the annihilation of the planet Earth. Astronomers seem to believe that a severe impact on earth may cause its end. Astronomically speaking thousands of asteroids have come in…
Is Earth affected if a Giant asteroid hits the Moon? Stories about the end of the world have always been around. The latest one in this regard which also got quite a lot of spotlight was that the world will come to an end in 2012. The reason that was given was that another planet,…
Mad Mike Hughes Plans To Prove “The Flat Earth Theory” in a $20 000 Rocket “I don’t believe in science!” is the afirmation of a 61-year-old limo driver who believes the Earth is flat. Mike Hughes has started the countown to launch a self-taught rocket into the atmosphere, near the Ghost Town of Ambay, California.…
The first asteroid observed visiting our Solar System from elsewhere has travelled for millions of years. First spotted on October 19, 2017, by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii, Oumuamua is about 400 meters long, its length being 10 times greater than its width. Unlike any other asteroid we’ve seen before, it is bizzare cigar-shaped and it’s…
We just were part of the biggest astronomical event of the year and here comes another one! A 4.4-kilometers sized asteroid will pass the Earth on the first days of September. “Florence” is the largest asteroid ever tracked by Jet Propulsion Laboratory. As it approaches in late August and early September, it is expected to…
On April 19th, we’ll be witnessing a unprecedented phenomenon in the last 400 years. Asteroid ‘2014 JO25’ will come closer to Earth. Having a diameter of over a kilometer, it is the largest asteroid approaching our planet in the last 400 years. ‘2014 JO25‘ will reach the closest point to earth tomorrow and will pass at…