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Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

New observations show the aftermath of a spacecraft intentionally colliding with an asteroid

The NASA DART spacecraft shifted the orbits of two asteroids around the sun after intentionally crashing into one of them.

An asteroid the size of a bus made a close flyby of Earth, NASA says

A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

Asteroid the size of a humpback whale passed near Earth last night, NASA says

The asteroid, which was about the size of a humpback whale or a school bus, passed within 200,000 miles of Earth Thursday night, before heading out to space.

Once deemed the riskiest asteroid ever observed, asteroid 2024 YR4’s path is now clearer

New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA Issues Major Update on 2032 Path of 'City Killer' Asteroid

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is big and dangerous enough that it has been dubbed a "city killer." There were concerns that the asteroid ...

That small asteroid named YR4 is definitely not going to hit the moon

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.
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A massive asteroid hit the North Sea and triggered a 330-foot tsunami

A long-running debate about the Silverpit Crater beneath the North Sea has finally been resolved. Scientists now confirm it formed when a roughly 160-meter asteroid struck the seabed about 43–46 ...