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Stadium-sized asteroid to zoom past Earth Tue.

Forbes on MSN · 4h

‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Will Zoom By Earth Tonight—But NASA Says It’s Safe: What To Know

The asteroid is around 500 feet and will come within 2 million miles of Earth, which is about eight times further than the moon.

New York Post on MSN · 2h

NASA issues alert for fast-moving, stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth tonight

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on Tuesday evening. Dubbed 2024 ON, the celestial space rock measures 950 feet in diameter — approximately the size of a football stadium.

The Independent on MSN · 3h

Nasa issues alert for stadium-sized asteroid approaching Earth

Nasa has issued an alert for a stadium-sized asteroid set to make a close approach to Earth on Tuesday. The 2024 ON asteroid measures 290 metres (950 feet) across and will come within 1 million km of Earth, according to the US space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Earth to get 2nd 'mini-moon'

CNET on MSN · 1d

An Asteroid Is Going to Orbit Earth Like a Mini Moon for 2 Months

An asteroid is headed towards Earth. It's not going to hit us, but it is going to hang out for a couple of months. A recently discovered asteroid known as 2024 PT5 will fly into Earth's orbit, get caught there from Sept. 29-Nov. 25 and then eventually exit and continue its way through the solar system. Scientists call such phenomena mini-moons.

HotHardware · 4h

Earth Is About To Capture A Space Rock Into Orbit, Say Hello To Our New Mini Moon

PT5 is a 10-meter (33-feet) wide space rock that is expected to come as close as 1 million kilometers of Earth in an orbital path that resembles a horseshoe.

Space on MSN · 5h

Earth will get another moon this month — but not for long!

"You may say that if a true satellite is like a customer buying goods inside a store, objects like 2024 PT5 are window shoppers!"

Live Science on MSN2h

Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

Space on MSN1d

Collisions could increase chance of 'God of Destruction' asteroid Apophis hitting Earth

A chance encounter with another asteroid could steer Apophis destructively close to Earth during a future passage.

1don MSN

Could ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid hit Earth in 2029?

( NewsNation) — Scientists say an asteroid known as the “God of Chaos” has a slightly increased chance of impacting the Earth ...

'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis could still hit Earth in 2029, study hints — but we won't know for 3 more years

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will skim past Earth this week

A potentially hazardous asteroid the size of a sports stadium is set to skim past Earth this week. The asteroid, known ...

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720-Foot Asteroid 2024 ON On Collision Course With Earth Triggers Hilarious Memefest: ‘Kya Asteroid Banega Re Tu?’

A huge asteroid the size of two cricket grounds, measuring roughly 720 feet, that was on collision course with Earth on ...

Conflict Watcher on MSN1d

Asteroid (2024 ON) to make close flyby, no threat to Earth

On Tuesday, September 17, at a distance small by cosmic standards, an object that may be up to half a kilometer in diameter ...

ExplorersWeb on MSN1d

Asteroid Extinction: What Is Stopping Us from Going the Way of the Dinosaurs?

Asteroid hunter Jacqueline Fazekas started the evening of Sept. 4, 2024, much like she spends half of every lunar month: ...

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