The Kuwait University student team, “Asteroid Hunters,” achieved a significant scientific milestone by registering two astronomical discoveries under the name of Kuwait. Supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), team members Maryam Jamali, Nourah Al-Musaireea, and Maraheb Al-Azmi first spotted these asteroids in February 2021. These discoveries are set to be […]
For several months, the space agency dedicated efforts to create tools capable of unlocking stuck fasteners that had locked the sample gathered from the nearby asteroid Bennu. NASA recently announced the successful release of valuable material collected from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, after encountering challenges with two stubborn fasteners. The space agency had gathered about […]
Abu Dhabi: With the start of the “UAE Asteroid Belt Exploration Project,” the UAE has announced another significant milestone in its space exploration program. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled the enormous project during a ceremony in Qasr al Watan in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh […]
This day in history we feature Galileo Spacecraft. The American Galileo spacecraft was the first probe to visit an asteroid on this day in 1991. Trivia – Galileo Spacecraft Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida. Named after the […]
New York: A small supersonic asteroid, travelling at ten times the speed of a bullet passed by Earth recently. The asteroid has been given the designation 2022 QC7 and it is not too big, with a width ranging from just 16 metres to 36 metres, according to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at […]
Earth: An asteroid from space slammed into the Earth’s surface 66 million years ago, leaving a massive crater underneath the sea and wreaking havoc on the planet. It isn’t the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs to extinction, but a previously unknown crater 248 miles off the coast of West Africa that was created right around […]
An asteroid larger than the Empire State Building is hurtling toward earth. Although it is that big, it is going to be distant enough to not cause any actual harm. It is known as 388945 (2008 TZ3) that has been classified as a ‘Potentially Hazardous Asteroid’ due to its relative closeness as it passes our planet. […]
A massive asteroid, almost the size of the tallest building on Earth, is heading for the planet in mid-December, as per NASA’s asteroid tracker. Designated 163899 (2003 SD220), the massive asteroid has a diameter of approximately 791 meters, nearly the size of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the tallest manmade structure on Earth. However, observations […]
The DART mission, or the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. But the true test for this asteroid deflection technology will come in September 2022, when the spacecraft reaches its destination, to see how it impacts the motion of a near-Earth asteroid […]
An asteroid the height of the Eiffel Tower is heading in the direction of earth and is due to reach its closest point just before Christmas. 4660 Nereus is classified as a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid and would cause a devastating impact if it hit Earth. But NASA’s asteroid monitor has confirmed it poses no threat […]
NASA keeps a keen eye on Near-earth Objects (NEO) through its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena. Recently, the observatory-cum-laboratory traced the 1000th near-earth asteroid (NEA), named ‘2021 PJ1,’ as it passed by Earth at a distance of 1.7 million kilometres. The asteroid was so small in size making it quite a challenge for the radar […]
