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An asteroid size of a football stadium isn’t hitting Earth

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NASA Monitoring 39-Foot Asteroid Nearing Earth

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," astronomer Jay Tate said.

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Asteroid to make “close pass” near Earth next month

An asteroid is expected to make a “close pass” to Earth next month. In October, NASA confirmed that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, was first observed in August by the Sutherland, South Africa telescope of the University of Hawai’i’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS).

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An asteroid the size of a football stadium isn’t hitting Earth, but it’ll come closer than ever: Watch live tonight

The massive space rock is large enough to wipe out a small city, and it’s moving toward Earth at about 27,500 miles per hour, according to NASA. An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream in the early morning hours of Wednesday,

Asteroid burns in sky above Siberia

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Asteroid burns up before hitting Earth creating 'fireball in the sky': See video

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region.

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Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope” and that the “impact prediction” was made by the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

Did an asteroid hit Earth last night? Where did NASA track it to?

If you happened to be in Russia’s far eastern Yakutia region on Tuesday night and glanced up at the sky, you might have caught an unexpected cosmic show. Residents there reported a brilliant fireball lighting up the night – an asteroid blazing into Earth’s atmosphere. The big question: Did it make it to the ground, and if so, where?

Asteroids pass by each day. Luckily, large asteroid crashes are uncommon.

The likelihood of the "God of Destruction" asteroid Apophis striking Earth in 2029 is more than 1 in 2 billion, according ...

Footage captures incredible moment asteroid crashes into Earth's atmosphere after NASA warning

An asteroid produced a 'harmless fireball' in the skies over Siberia with videos of the event shared to social media.

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Asteroid due to hit Earth's atmosphere in just hours - but Nasa says space rock 'poses no threat to humans'

A newly-discovered asteroid is set to enter Earth's atmosphere in just hours, Nasa has said. The space rock, named COWECP5, ...

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DART Asteroid Impact Aftermath Caught On Webb and Hubble Space Telescopes

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impacted the 'moonlet' Dimorphos in the Didymos asteroid system. NASA's Hubble ...

Behold! These gorgeous never-before-seen space images are from a NASA space telescope that should have died long ago

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft launched to Earth orbit in 2009 and was placed in hibernation in ...

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Asteroid the size of 2.5 chinchillas impacts over Russia, no damages reported - NASA, ESA

The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did ...

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