(NEXSTAR) – An asteroid about as wide as the Eiffel Tower is tall is expected to buzz past Earth on Saturday.
Asteroid 4660 Nereus will reach its closest proximity to our planet that day, according to NASA, but it will still be about 2.5 million miles away from Earth.
NASA's 'Eyes on Asteroids' Reveals Our Near-Earth Object Neighborhood
Learn more about the growing population of near-Earth objects with NASA's new 3D real-time web-based application.
Fully interactive, Eyes on Asteroids uses science data to help visualize asteroid and comet orbits around the Sun. Zoom in to travel along with your favorite spacecraft as they explore these fascinating near-Earth objects in beautiful 3D.
Millions of asteroids could make you richer than Elon Musk
Experts estimate there are trillions of dollars worth of precious metals and minerals in a lot of asteroids that come near Earth.
Many scientists think mining asteroids is a possibility and even Nasa has its eye on an asteroid that’s thought to be worth $10,000 quadrillion.
Tech & Science Daily: Asteroid 'big as Eiffel tower' zooms over Earth | Evening Standard
It comes as new research by the University of Manchester suggests the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs occurred during spring or early summer in the Northern hemisphere, which made its impact even more lethal.
The world's second-richest man tweeted he was "thinking of quitting my jobs & becoming an influencer full-time", and asked Twitter users what they thought.
USAG Japan commander invited to view rare asteroid samples at Sagamihara museum | Article
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Dec. 13, 2021) – The commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan was invited to visit one of Sagamihara City's premier museums for the rare opportunity to view asteroid samples brought back during the six-year "Hayabusa2" mission.
2021 Geminid meteor shower will peak tonight: Best chance to see it
The annual Geminid meteor shower is set to peak this week and we'll have a shot to see it in Michigan skies.
The meteor shower, which started its appearance earlier this month, will peak tonight (Dec. 13) and early Dec. 14. The best chance to see it will be around 2 a.m. from a dark-sky location, according to EarthSky , or from 3 a.m. to dawn.
Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs "hit in springtime" - CBBC Newsround
Previous research has suggested that an asteroid called the cataclysmic Chicxulub led to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
But now scientists say they have uncovered more about exactly when this huge event in history actually happened - in the spring time.
What a Times Journalist Learned From His 'Don't Look Up' Moment - The New York Times
One of the thus-far theoretical duties of the astronomer is to inform the public that something very big and horrible is about to happen: The sun will soon explode, a black hole has just wandered into Earth's path, hostile aliens have amassed an armada right behind the moon.
It doesn't go well. The president of the United States, played by Meryl Streep , is more concerned with her poll numbers. Television talk show hosts ridicule the scientists. Rich oligarchs want to exploit the comet's minerals.
NASA Lucy Trojan Asteroid Mission Update: Zeroing in on Path Forward for Solar Array
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft deploying its solar arrays. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
A project team completed an assessment on December 1 of the ongoing solar array issue, which did not appear to fully deploy as planned after launch in late October.
Data from Satellites Help Uncover Exploding Meteors - Eos
Fireballs, or bolides , are intense trails of light emitted from meteoroids or asteroids that slam into Earth's atmosphere.
Each year, ground telescopes witness only about a dozen or so of these rare flashes with enough detail to extract data from them.
With instruments aboard GOES 16 and 17, "we can observe a class of meteoroids that the ground-based observatories cannot effectively study because they're too rare for them to see in their relatively small observational areas."
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