scorecard

You Searched For "asteroids hitting earth today" and got 19 results


Sort By:


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

4 asteroids — including one plane sized and two house sized objects — to approach the Earth today, NASA warns: here’s all we know

NASA is tracking several asteroids that will pass near Earth in October 2024, none pose any direct …

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Forget distant fly-bys of giant rocks—this plane-sized asteroid will come within 1.7 million km of Earth this week!

Come Friday, this near-Earth object will make its closest approach to our planet in a decade!

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Scientists think they've found the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. It could help prevent a future mass extinction on Earth.

Thanks to the presence of an rare element called ruthenium, scientists think they know where the as…

Jenny McGrath   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

A football stadium-sized asteroid will blaze by Earth today. Here's how to watch the potentially hazardous 'city killer' live.

Watch live as a "potentially hazardous" asteroid the size of a football stadium whips past Earth to…

Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

Double Trouble: Sun hurls powerful coronal mass ejections at Earth; radio blackouts, GPS disruptions, auroras likely over the weekend!

The first CME is expected to hit our planet today, October 4, potentially sparking moderate geomagn…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Just Look Up: Giant asteroid the size of Qutub Minar to pass dangerously close to Earth

It is not just natural calamities and deadly viruses that may end the human race, giant asteroids h…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

NASA scientists calculated the exact date an asteroid could hit Earth with the force of at least 24 nuclear bombs. Thankfully, it's a long way off.

There's a 1/2,700 chance asteroid Bennu could hit the Earth, and scientists think it could happen o…

Marianne Guenot   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
5 mins read

The US economy teeters after it's hit by a triple threat: Middle East escalation, port closures, and Hurricane Helene

With Israel-Iran escalation, a port strike, and a hurricane, the US economy is balancing a fine lin…

Dan DeFrancesco   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

A solar storm is due to hit Earth today, sparking stunning auroras. Here's how to see them.

The storm, which should hit our planet late Thursday evening, Eastern Time, is expected to cause au…

Marianne Guenot   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

NASA explains how it would alert the public of an apocalyptic asteroid strike

In the event an asteroid is headed for Earth, here's how NASA plans to alert the public of an impen…

Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

A mystery 300-mile wide formation lurking beneath Australia may be the largest asteroid impact crater on Earth

Scientists think the asteroid impact may have occurred roughly 450 million years ago, when 85 perce…

Marianne Guenot   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

Insider Today: Travel agents are back

In Saturday's edition of Insider Today, we're talking about the rise of travel agents.

Joi-Marie McKenzie   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

16 asteroids are set to fly past Earth in June — one that's more than twice the size of the Taj Mahal

June is a busy month for asteroids with over 17 asteroids that have already flown past the Earth wi…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Barack Obama says Jeff Bezos should worry about Earth before space. But Bezos says going to space is how you save Earth.

Barack Obama argues billionaires should focus on solving humanity's problems on Earth, while Jeff B…

Marianne Guenot,Ellyn Lapointe   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Five asteroids are set to fly past the planet today — two of them are bigger than the Eiffel Tower

Three of the asteroids are relatively small and pose a smaller threat to the planet if they were…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

The biggest asteroid of 2021 is going to zoom past Earth tonight flying as fast as 100,000 kmph

An asteroid twice as big as the Statue of Unity is set to zoom past Earth tonight flying at 100,000…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Adam Driver asked NASA how it plans to save Earth from world-ending asteroids

Adam Driver wondered how NASA would save the world if a giant asteroid were approaching. Three spac…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

‘God of Chaos’ asteroid Apophis won’t be crashing into Earth for at least another century

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has determined that the ‘God of Chaos’ ast…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

An asteroid as big as the San Francisco bridge is set to whizz past Earth after Valentine’s Day

Within hours of Valentines Day coming to a close, Asteroid 2020 PZ39 is going to whizz past Earth.