Space science

A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's western Manisa province on Jan. 28, according to The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Boğaziçi University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute has announced the magnitude of the earthquake as 5.1.

A potentially dangerous asteroid with a diameter of 440 to 990 meters is approaching Earth, according to NASA's website.

According to the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a celestial body with the number 163373 will approach the Earth at a minimum distance of February 15.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was felt in Bulgaria. This was reported by the European Seismic Center.

The epicentre of the quake is 61 km south of Sofia, 20 km south of Samokov and 37 km northeast of Blagoevgrad.

The depth of the quake is 2 km.

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale has been reported off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, according to the US Geological Survey.

The quake was registered at 3:25 PM GMT.

The epicentre is located 172 km from Bata at a depth of 10 kilometers.

There is no information on possible casualties and destruction.

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A mild earthquake, measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale, struck the sea bed in the Corinthian Gulf shortly before 12.30 p.m. on Monday, but was felt in the Greek capital.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the temblor struck at 12.24 p.m. some 33 kilometers southeast of Galaxidi. 

The quake had a depth of 17.5 kilometers. 

The European Space Agency has announced that a large asteroid could hit the Earth in 65 years.

The asteroid is expected to pass extremely close to Earth in 2084, but gravitational interference from other planets is likely to send it directly into our atmosphere.

A football-sized asteroid is approaching the Earth. Scientists claim that this is the largest celestial body that has come so close to our planet since centuries.

"I tracked the orbit of the asteroid. It is not dangerous. We have discovered 150 asteroids over the last 3 years, " said Veselka Radeva, head of the Planetarium at Naval Academy "N. Vaptsarov".

Geomagnetic disturbances are expected from September 27 to September 29, according to the US National Atmospheric and Oceanic Research Agency's Space Weather Forecast Center. Moderate geomagnetic storm (G2) is possible due to high-speed solar wind

The 101955 Bennu asteroid was captured by the OSIRIS-REX spacecraft. The big asteroid will approach the Earth on Tuesday, according to the NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), quoted by RIA Novosti and BGNES.