RR5 is due to skim past at a distance of 130,000 miles away from Earth, nearly twice as close as the Moon at 240,000 miles.

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An asteroid that was discovered very recently zoomed past Earth at a distance that is 100 times closer than the moon or five ...

Five will be approaching "close" to Earth over the next five days. Close is relative when it comes to space. The dashboard ...

After the DART spacecraft made contact with Dimorphos last year, the space rock's orbit is declining more than expected, ...

NASA has set a schedule for coverage of its first asteroid sampling mission's return to earth. The Origins, Spectral ...

The space rock was too small to pose any danger. A newly discovered space rock about 6.5 feet wide (2 meters) zipped past Earth today at a distance five times closer than GPS satellites orbit.

This orbital diagram from CNEOS’s close approach viewer shows 2023 BU’s trajectory – in red – during its close approach with ...

Three asteroids have passed closer to Earth than the moon, in the last 30 days. Five asteroids will fly past Earth beginning Wednesday, but aren't expected to threaten the planet, NASA said.

Five massive asteroids will fly near Earth between Wednesday and Sunday, though none are on a trajectory that makes them an ...

Five asteroids, one the size of a house and three the size of an airplane, will fly past Earth between Sept. 6 and Sept. 10, ...