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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 ...

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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

World’s largest camera detects fastest-spinning asteroid with diameter over 0.3 miles

The asteroid, 2025 MN45, completes a full rotation once every 1.88 minutes, meaning it must have a very high strength to keep ...
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 ...
Astronomy on MSN

How to spot an asteroid tonight

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would ...
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 ...
Yahoo

An asteroid just flew really close to Earth. No one noticed until hours later.

Earth has a near miss-twice-after two small asteroids seemingly passed alarmingly close to the planet, less than two days apart, one of them going completely unnoticed until hours after it had already ...