NASA has captured photos and videos of the two massive asteroids that passed by our planet a few weeks ago. The two asteroids, 2011 UL21 and 2024 MK, passed by Earth on June 27 and 29 respectively and were captured by NASA’s Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar. While 2011 UL21 flew past us at … Read more
The Goldstone Solar System Radar, part of NASA’s Deep Space Network, made these observations of the recently discovered 150-meter-wide asteroid 2024 MK, which made its closest approach — within about 295,000 kilometers of Earth — on June 29. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK … Read more
NASA has issued a warning about a giant asteroid, comparable in size to a 200-foot yacht, that will pass by Earth on June 22, 2024, at a distance that has attracted a lot of attention from astronomers and scientists alike. Asteroid 2024 LJ: size and speed Asteroid 2024 LJ is a huge space rock that … Read more