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A 'potentially hazardous' blue-whale-size asteroid will zip through Earth's orbit on Friday
By Ben Turner last updated
The asteroid is being tracked by NASA and isn’t a danger to Earth.
Surprise! Asteroid wider than 2 football fields is barreling toward Earth tonight
By Brandon Specktor last updated
NASA astronomers discovered that a large asteroid will zoom past Earth on Aug. 4, missing our planet by millions of miles.
Two skyscraper-size asteroids are barreling toward Earth this weekend
By Brandon Specktor published
Two asteroids, 2016 CZ31 and 2013 CU83, are headed toward Earth for back-to-back flybys this weekend.
Skyscraper-size asteroid will blaze past Earth in a close approach this Sunday
By Brandon Specktor published
The skyscraper-size asteroid 2022 KY4 will make its closest recorded approach to Earth on Sunday, July 17, passing within about 3.8 million miles.
NASA spacecraft touched an asteroid, and the surface was 'fluffy'
By Tereza Pultarova published
Asteroid Bennu nearly swallowed the OSIRIS-REx probe when it touched down on the rock to collect a sample, revealing that the space rock's nature was much different than scientists had thought.
Scientists just detected a bus-sized asteroid that will fly extremely close to Earth tonight
By Brandon Specktor published
Astronomers detected a small asteroid called 2022 NF that will pass within 23% of the distance from Earth to the moon tonight.
'Rubber-ducky' asteroid 200 million miles away holds building blocks of life
By Ben Turner published
More than 20 types of amino acids were found on Ryugu
Blue-whale-size asteroid to screech past Earth in close encounter on June 6
By Brandon Specktor published
An asteroid up to three times the size of a blue whale will sail past Earth on June 6, 2022.
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