NASA Continues to Monitor Orbit of Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4
3 days ago · While still an extremely low possibility, additional observations and analysis of asteroid 2024 YR4 indicate that its impact probability with Earth has increased to a 2.3% chance on Dec. 22, 2032. Ongoing observations from ground-based telescopes involved with the International Asteroid Warning Network will continue while the asteroid is still visible through …
Next Five Asteroid Approaches - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
3 days ago · The Asteroid Watch dashboard tracks asteroids and comets that will make relatively close approaches to Earth. The dashboard displays the date of closest approach, approximate object diameter, relative size and distance from Earth for each encounter.
A "city-killer" asteroid has a slim chance to crash into Earth.
5 days ago · For now, it's zooming away from Earth, and its next close pass will not come until 2028. Scientists will be able to get another look at the asteroid then, Harwood said, and determine its orbit and ...
There's a small chance an asteroid could hit Earth within the next ...
Jan 31, 2025 · A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA. The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet ...
NASA Tracking Truck-Sized Asteroid Approaching Earth
Jan 30, 2025 · An illustration of the orbital parameters of the Earth, the Moon and asteroid 2025 BV5 roughly around the time of closest approach. ... A 110-feet-wide body known as "2025 BU3" is set to come ...
Enormous, mountain-size asteroid will be visible from Earth this ...
Jan 10, 2025 · The enormous near-Earth asteroid (887) Alinda has made its closest approach to our planet in decades, and it's about to peak in brightness in a rare once-in-a-decade event. Here's how to...
Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032
Jan 29, 2025 · First spotted last month by a telescope in Chile, the near-Earth asteroid — designated 2024 YR4 — is estimated to be 130 to 330 feet (40 to 100 meters) across. Scientists are keeping close watch on the space rock, which is currently heading away from Earth. As the asteroid’s path around the sun becomes better understood, Chodas and others ...
Stadium-sized asteroid will pass relatively close to Earth, NASA …
Sep 17, 2024 · NASA announced that a stadium-sized asteroid is close to Earth on Tuesday. The rocky object has a diameter of 950 feet and pass Earth by a distance of 621,000 miles.
Near-Earth asteroids: Hunting and tracking upcoming flybys - Space.com
Feb 2, 2024 · NASA defines a near-Earth asteroid as an asteroid with an orbit that brings it to within 120 million miles (195 million km) of the sun. This allows these space rocks to pass through...
Asteroid Watch - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
Did you ever wonder how NASA spots asteroids that maybe getting too close to Earth for comfort? Watch and learn. Find out more about NASA finds, studies and tracks near-Earth objects by visiting https://www.nasa.gov/planetarydefense.