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Asteroid 2024 CY1 flew about 75,500 miles (121,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock is about 16 feet (8 m) wide. Credit: Space.com | orbit animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited by Steve Spaleta ...
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Asteroid Apophis Has A Friday The 13th Date With Earth

A famously unlucky date is getting a cosmic twist. NASA says the asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, coming about 20,000 miles from the planet's surface. That ...
Asteroid 2024 BJ's closest approach to Earth will be about 220,000 miles (354,000 kilometers) way. The space rock is ~68 feet (21 meters) wide. Credit: Space.com | animation: NASA/JPL-Caltech | edited ...
People on the ground in the Eastern Hemisphere will be able to observe the asteroid with their own eyes, weather permitting, according to NASA.
Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of ...