Christmas Eve asteroid the size of a 10-floor building makes ‘close approach’ to Earth tonight
While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...
An airplane-sized asteroid to fly by earth on christmas eve: Here's all about it
An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...
The world's largest space telescope just got an unexpected new role: asteroid hunter
Even small asteroids can do a lot of damage—and new research shows the James Webb Space Telescope is adept at spotting the tiniest of space rocks.
Asteroid Nearly Hits Earth in Siberian Fireball
This asteroid, named 2024 XA1, is only the 11th object we have ever managed to detect before it entered our planet's atmosphere.
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Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week
According to NASA, 132 known asteroids have passed closer to Earth than the moon is since October 2023. Overall ... much farther away from impact than Tuesday's asteroid, 2020 XR is approximately ...