Aeroplane-sized asteroid may pass Earth at a close distance today, NASA reveals

NASA reported that an aircraft-seized asteroid will pass Earth today at a very close distance. Check speed, size, distance, and more. Read More

2 dangerous asteroids will pass Earth on Monday, but there's no cause for alarm

ALSO READ: What if an asteroid was about to hit Earth? Both bodies belong to a category of asteroids called potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs). This group includes bodies that approach the Earth . Read More

Two 100-foot asteroids set to pass Earth today; NASA reveals how close these scary space rocks will come

These two asteroids ... will get as close as 4,220,000 miles to Earth. The fourth is Asteroid 2024 FL3. It too is a 100-foot monster in size, but it will make its closest approach on April 3 ... Read More

Two airplane-size asteroids set to fly close to Earth today, NASA says

Two airplane-size asteroids on Sunday will fly close to Earth today as per NASA's website. Additionally, a building-size asteroid will also approach Earth on 7 April. On Monday, two more asteroids ... Read More

2,000-foot-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid has just made its closest approach to Earth — and you can see it with a telescope

The asteroid is big enough to ... show that it will make an even closer approach to Earth in 2055, when it will reach a minimum distance of around 1.3 million miles (2.1 million km) from our ... Read More

Minerals are in short supply on Earth. This startup wants to mine asteroids

The company already has a refinery in space, and this year it will launch a reconnaissance mission to a metallic asteroid in deep space. Read More

4 asteroids set to get very close to Earth, says NASA; check details in brief here

US space agency NASA has a huge armada of gadgetry deployed on Earth ... asteroids will get quite close to our planet. Unlock a world of Benefits with HT! From insightful newsletters to real-time ... Read More

Car-size asteroid gives Earth a super-close shave with flyby closer than some satellites

An asteroid discovered Tuesday (April 9) will make an extremely close, but harmless, pass by planet Earth today (April 11). Asteroid 2024 GJ2 is roughly the size of a car and, since its discovery this ... Read More

NASA radar images show stadium-size asteroid tumbling by Earth during flyby (photos)

Related: Radar could help scientists find potentially threatening asteroids ... STORIES: — Huge stadium-size asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth for centuries today (Feb. 2 ... Read More

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2,000-foot-wide 'potentially hazardous' asteroid has just made its closest approach to Earth — and you can see it with a telescope

The space rock made its closest approach to Earth at 10:50 a.m. EDT Monday (April 15), when it reached around 2 million ... close enough to be seen with a backyard telescope. related stories ... Read More