Asteroids or meteorites are a subject of great interest for space scientists. Astronomers are continuously studying them. It is said that there are millions of asteroids present in our solar system, some of which may be small and some may be large in size. Space agency NASA has again issued an alert today about two…
Today a 180 feet asteroid is coming towards the Earth and is going to pass close to it. It is so large in size that space agency NASA has issued an alert. Apart from this, an asteroid is also coming close to the Earth tomorrow, i.e. on 5th May. According to NASA, when any celestial…
Space agency NASA is constantly keeping an eye on asteroids, because these days one asteroid after another is moving towards the Earth. Many of these asteroids have passed by the Earth as close as the Moon. Today again an alert has been issued by NASA about 2 asteroids coming close to the Earth. Both these…
Asteroids moving in space are a potential threat to the Earth. Till now, no incident of any big asteroid hitting the Earth has been recorded in history. But it is said that millions of years ago, giant creatures like dinosaurs were extinct due to similar celestial bodies falling on the Earth. These days, asteroids are…
Asteroids are posing a major threat to the Earth these days. These are small rocky pieces that revolve around the Sun. These are much smaller than the planets. According to NASA, they have been in existence since our solar system was formed 4.6 billion years ago. A large number of asteroids are floating in our…
The existence of asteroids in space in our solar system is as old as our solar system itself. That means they have been formed ever since our solar system was formed. That is, during the formation of the solar system consisting of the Sun and the planets revolving around it, some rocks were also scattered…
Asteroids are those rocks rotating in space which can pose a big threat to the Earth at any time. These have been revolving around the Sun since the time of its formation, bound by the Sun’s gravity. They are different from planets and meteorites but their structure is similar to planets, because they are made…
NASA, the American space exploration agency, keeps tracking asteroids. According to space scientists, the Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago, when our solar system was formed. During that time, some rocks also remained scattered in the solar system, which are called asteroids or asteroids. Like the planets, they continuously revolve around the sun. Asteroids…
There are thousands of asteroids near the Earth in space. It is said that these rocky pieces were scattered in space at the time of the formation of the solar system. That is why, like the planets, they are revolving around the only star of the solar system, i.e. the Sun. Space agency NASA is…
