NASA confirms a bus-sized asteroid will make a flyby from Earth on May 13—Is this dangerous?

A bus-sized asteroid named 2026 JA1 will safely pass Earth on May 13, 2026, at a distance of about 605,000 miles. NASA ...

Would we see it coming? 'City killer' asteroids could shock scientists

Scientists estimate there are thousands of asteroids large enough to destroy a city near Earth. NASA is sending a telescope into space to find them.
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NASA monitoring trio of house-sized asteroids skimming Earth at hypersonic speed

This week, five asteroids will fly past Earth, close enough to be categorized as Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs). However, NASA predicts that none will pose any real risk to the planet for ...
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Why NASA scientists are watching these 3 asteroids more closely than ever

Space is full of rocks. Most of them quietly mind their own business, drifting on orbits that will never come anywhere near ...
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft gets up-close look of strange peanut-shaped asteroid: See images

A NASA spacecraft recently got an up-close look at a strange peanut-shaped space rock floating through the cosmos in the main asteroid belt. Not to worry: Astronomers aren't interested in the small ...
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NASA to launch asteroid hunting spacecraft in 2027

PASADENA, Calif. — After NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, the space agency is gearing up for another project: a spacecraft targeting asteroids. A ...
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Update: NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Send Back Video Of ‘Peculiar’ Asteroid

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has successfully completed a flyby of a three-mile-wide asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, sending back a video composed of 37 images. Called (52246) Donaldjohanson, it’s the ...