NASA tracking plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth

Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.
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The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks tonight, but will the full 'Wolf Moon' outshine the show?

Your first major opportunity to spot shooting stars and bright fireballs in 2026 arrives overnight tonight with the peak of ...
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NASA is tracking asteroid more than twice the size of Empire State Building as it approaches Earth

The asteroid is projected to make its closest pass on February 14, 2026, and is classified under the "Potentially Hazardous ...
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NASA reports meteor event in Arkansas

GATEWAY, Ark. — Did you catch a flash of light across the northern Arkansas sky Saturday night? If so, you weren’t imagining things. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported ...
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Moon landings, asteroid missions and new telescopes: Here are the top spaceflight moments to look forward to in 2026

The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft is scheduled to arrive at the binary asteroid system Didymos in November ...
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An asteroid might be heading for the moon. Should we nuke it?

If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Such a cosmic ...
SETI

NASA Researchers Strike Scientific Gold With Meteorite

Dr. Peter Jenniskens taking a closer look at the image from the AVS Cineflex HiDEF camera mounted on the nose of the Eureka Airship. Mike Coop, can be seen in the background checking the map, further ...