Tag: Planetary Defense
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Close shave: 9.8-foot asteroid 2025 TF narrowly misses Earth, spotted hours later
Asteroid 2025 TF: a very small visitor with a timed surprise Astronomers confirmed a surprising close encounter with a tiny asteroid known as 2025 TF. Although it registered no threat to Earth, the event drew attention to how many small space rocks zip past our planet every year without immediate notice. ESA researchers categorized the…
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Near-Earth Nudge: 9.8-Foot Asteroid 2025 TF Flies Past Earth, No Significant Danger
Introduction: A Narrow Miss for 2025 TF In a rare and sobering reminder of the solar system’s vastness, a small asteroid, roughly 9.8 feet (three meters) in diameter, skimmed past Earth at an altitude of about 265 miles (428 kilometers). On October 1, 2025, the object—designated 2025 TF—traveled above Antarctica and went undetected until hours…
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Near-Earth 9.8-Foot Asteroid 2025 TF Narrowly Misses Earth
Overview: A Coincidental Close Call A tiny visitor from space—2025 TF, a 3-meter-wide asteroid—roared past Earth at an altitude of roughly 265 miles (428 kilometers) on October 1. The close approach, closer than the orbit of the International Space Station, occurred over Antarctica and went undetected for several hours. Although the rock posed no real…
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Near-Miss 9.8-Foot Asteroid 2025 TF: A Quiet Reminder of Planetary Defense
Introduction to a Narrow Escape On October 1, a tiny yet attention-grabbing object—a 9.8-foot (three-meter) asteroid named 2025 TF—passed closer to Earth than the International Space Station, flying roughly 265 miles (428 kilometers) above the planet. The encounter happened over Antarctica and went undetected for hours, highlighting both the ingenuity of current asteroid tracking and…
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Asteroid Surprises Scientists by Passing Closer Than Satellites Over Antarctica
A Close Encounter Above the Ice: What Happened An asteroid unexpectedly skimmed past the Earth at a distance closer than some man-made satellites while traversing the southern skies over Antarctica. The event, detected by a network of observatories and radar facilities, caught researchers by surprise and highlighted gaps in how quickly we can track fast-moving…
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Asteroid Surprises Scientists: It Passes Closer Than Satellites Over Antarctica
Rare Close Approach Shocks Scientists An unexpected celestial visitor recently astonished astronomers by skimming closer to Earth than some of our most familiar orbiting assets, including satellites, as it passed over Antarctica. While such events are not unheard of in the vastness of space, observing an asteroid with a trajectory that brought it within a…
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Sneaky Asteroid 2025 TF Flew Past Antarctica Closer Than a Satellite
Overview: A Tiny Visitor Whizzes Past Earth In a surprising cosmic near-mance, a small asteroid—roughly the size of a giraffe—passed just 265 miles (428 kilometers) above the surface of Earth, sailing over Antarctica. The event occurred at 8:47 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 30, with the asteroid later officially designated 2025 TF by scientists. New…
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Sneaky Asteroid Slides Past Antarctica Undetected for Hours
Overview: A Tiny Visitor, A Close Shave A small asteroid, officially named 2025 TF, streaked past Earth at an altitude of roughly 265 miles (428 kilometers) above the icy expanse of Antarctica. The pass occurred at 8:47 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 30 (04:47 GMT on Oct. 1). Despite its relatively modest size—estimates place it…
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ESA inaugurates fourth deep-space antenna capable of detecting Mars signals
Overview of the new deep-space antenna On October 4, 2025, the European Space Agency will officially inaugurate its fourth deep-space antenna, a milestone in Europe’s plan to scale up its communications with missions beyond Earth’s orbit. The new dish will join existing ground stations that already link with probes and orbiters across the solar system,…
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ESA Inaugurates Deep Space Antenna to Detect Mars Phone Signals
ESA inaugurates fourth deep-space antenna The European Space Agency (ESA) will officially inaugurate its fourth deep-space communication antenna on October 4, 2025, expanding Europe’s capacity to talk with probes and spacecraft far beyond Earth’s orbit. This new installation joins the agency’s existing Deep Space Network (DSN) of ground stations that stitch together a global web…