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Don’t Look Up? Massive Asteroid Makes Closest-Ever Approach Tonight
Asteroid 2020 XR is classified as a “potentially ... with its next known flyby scheduled for November 2028, when it will pass 11.3 million miles (18.2 million km) from Earth.
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NASA's asteroid-hopping Lucy probe takes 1st images of its next target: Donaldjohanson
Having launched on Oct. 16, 2021, Lucy encountered the asteroid Dinkinesh and its moon, Selam, in November of 2023. Like Donaldjohanson, Dinkinesh and Selam are also inhabitants of the asteroid ...
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WATCH — This asteroid could hit Earth in 2032. Should you be worried?
A newly discovered asteroid has quickly shot to the top of NASA’s risk list. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has about a 2.1 per cent chance of hitting the Earth. An asteroid is a rocky object ...
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Earth has had two moons in the past. One of the mini-moons has visited twice and will return in 27 years
Another asteroid that stayed with us for many years was 2020 CD3. It remained in orbit ... us only for a few days before flying away on November 25. 2024 PT5 lives in the Arjuna asteroid belt.