Asteroid Bigger Than The Empire State Building Will Come Close Next Week — What To Know
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will safely pass Earth on Dec. 4, 2024. It's classed as a “potentially ...
An Asteroid’s Destruction May Have Given Mars Rings, Then Moons
Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and ...
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know
A building-sized asteroid will coincidentally fly by Earth during September’s supermoon and partial lunar eclipse early ...
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NASA Monitors As Bus-Sized Asteroid Approaches Earth Today
An asteroid the size of a school bus is due to zip past our planet on Wednesday, coming closer to us than the moon. The asteroid, named 2024 VX3, is forecast to skim past the Earth at a distance ...
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As Earth says goodbye to 'mini-moon,' asteroid's possible lunar origin revealed
Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.
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NASA Tracking Bus-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth Today
A "bus-sized" asteroid being tracked by NASA will zoom safely past the Earth on Wednesday as both celestial objects make a close approach while orbiting around the sun. The space rock, known as ...
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NASA’s ‘Psyche’ Mission To Quadrillion-Dollar Asteroid Is Go
The launch window stretches to Wednesday, October 25 ... spacecraft will spend 26 months in orbit mapping and studying the asteroid’s properties. A team prepares NASA’s Psyche spacecraft ...
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Earth's 'second moon' is just visiting its cosmic parents for Thanksgiving
It looks like the mini-moon asteroid 2024 PT5 hails from our true moon and, thus, from Earth! Earth's "second moon" won't be sticking around for Thanksgiving, but just as many of us will on ...