An airplane-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. NASA's ...

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This is the fourth confirmed asteroid impact in 2024 and joins a long list of recent events, including 2022 WJ, 2023 CX1, and 2024 BX1, which all burnt in the sky upon entering the atmosphere.

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A 10-story building-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles.

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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 ...