The Latest Breaking News from NASA

Truck-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth in nearest-ever cosmic miss

The US space agency Nasa says we have nothing to worry about. The cosmic rock is nine metres wide and weighs as much as a shipping container – and it's going to miss the southern tip of South America by at least 3,600 kilometres.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 26, 2023

Asteroid size of minibus to pass as close as UK is to Crete at 33,300mph tonight

The huge rock heading for Earth was spotted last weekend

Wales Online · Jan 26, 2023

Boeing’s chief sustainability officer: ‘We can’t count on hydrogen-powered commercial flights before 2050’

The world's airplane fleet can't just switch overnight to hydrogen to achieve net zero, says Christopher Raymond, Boeing's chief sustainability officer.

Fortune · Jan 26, 2023

Asteroid the size of a BUS coming as close to earth as London to Cairo tonight

The asteroid, known as 2023 BU, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America - 10 times closer than most communication satellites circling overhead, and around the same distance as the UK to Cyprus

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but NASA says there will be no impact

The asteroid, about the size of a delivery truck, will zoom 2,200 miles above the southern tip of South America on Thursday evening, the space agency says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 26, 2023

Asteroid coming exceedingly close to Earth, but will miss

An asteroid the size of a delivery truck will whip past Earth on Thursday night, one of the closest encounters ever recorded

The Independent UK · Jan 25, 2023

These 5 spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history

I think all craters are cool, I’m just going to start with that. I am very biased.

The Conversation · Jan 25, 2023

Green comet last seen by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago is now visible from Earth

The E3 comet, which was last seen from Earth during the Stone Age, is set to make its closest approach to the planet on February 1 and could become visible to the naked eye

Daily Mirror · Jan 25, 2023

40 years ago, NASA launched the space telescope that proved JWST could work

IRAS is a sometimes forgotten spacecraft that proved that infrared astronomy had a bright future.

Inverse · Jan 25, 2023

Nasa to test nuclear-powered rocket that could fly astronauts to Mars in record time

The space agency says an in-Earth orbit demonstration of the craft will be conducted in 2027

Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2023