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An airplane-sized asteroid is heading close to Earth — NASA details its trajectory

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking a near-Earth asteroid roughly the size of an airplane. The asteroid named 2025 ...

NASA warns of back-to-back asteroid approaches: What to expect and what it means for Earth

Two asteroids are set for safe flybys near Earth, reassuring the public that no threat exists. NASA emphasizes these events highlight the dynamic sola ...
Ars Technica

How the perils of space have affected asteroid Ryugu

An asteroid that has been wandering through space for billions of years is going to have been bombarded by everything from rocks to radiation. Billions of years of traveling through interplanetary ...
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Asteroid 2024 YR4 no longer threatens to hit Earth, but we can still hit it — for science!

The asteroid 2024 YR4, once considered potentially hazardous, isn't likely to hit us anytime soon. Now, a team of researchers ...
AOL

‘City Killer’ Asteroid Won’t Hit Earth, But What Happens If It Slams Into The Moon?

Earth has dodged a celestial bullet, but the moon might not be so lucky, and that has scientists keeping their telescopes and minds trained on a massive asteroid called “2024 YR4.” That’s not its ...
WSB Radio

‘Planet killer’ asteroid to make close pass to Earth on Thursday afternoon

An asteroid described as the size of a mountain will come within 4.1 million miles of Earth just after 4 p.m. EDT Thursday. Asteroid 2011 UL21 is one of the largest space rocks – 1.1- to 2.4 miles ...
NBC 7 San Diego

Asteroid Set to Fly By Earth Before Election Day Poses No Threat, NASA Says

In a tweet Sunday, NASA said an asteroid expected to pass by close to Earth on Nov. 2 , a day before the upcoming presidential election, "poses no threat" to the planet. According to NASA Asteroid ...