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NASA says that, yes, an asteroid buzzing by in 2023 could hit Earth
NASA said last week that there is currently a 2.3% (or 1 in 43) chance that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 YR4, will hit Earth on Dec. 22, 2032. While still tiny, that probability nearly doubled from ...
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Asteroid the 'Size of a Box Truck' Expected to Fly 2,200 Miles Over Earth: 'Extraordinarily Close'
Asteroid 2023 BU will make "one of the closest approaches by a known near-Earth object ever recorded" on Thursday, NASA says An asteroid "about the size of a box truck" is expected to come closer ...
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Excitement in the night sky: Asteroid to get closer than the moon on Saturday
On 2023-03-21 I observed asteroid 2023 DZ2 remotely at 0.355-m telescope of Abbey Ridge Observatory (Canada). Image: stacked 52x60 sec. Source - Филипп Романов (Filipp Romanov).
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Asteroid will pass in front of bright star Betelgeuse to produce a rare eclipse visible to millions
The star, one of the biggest and brightest in the night sky, will momentarily vanish as an asteroid passes in front of it late Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, into early Tuesday. The event should be ...