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NASA Tracking Building-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

NASA is closely monitoring a building-sized asteroid as it makes its closest approach to Earth today, among a group of five other space rocks passing by our planet over the next two days. The asteroid, known to NASA as "2023 KU", will zip past at a distance of approximately 657,000 miles, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has revealed.

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How NASA science data defends Earth from asteroids

YR4 made headlines in February with the news that it had a chance of hitting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032, as determined by an analysis from NASA's Center for Near Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

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How NASA uses science data to protect Earth from asteroids

NASA and other global space scientists keep a close eye on asteroids known as near-Earth objects (NEOs). These are comets or asteroids that come within 120 million miles of the Sun — close enough to pass through Earth’s orbital zone.

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NASA says asteroid 2024 YR4 size of a 10-story building; increases chances of moon impact

NASA said that an asteroid previously believed to be destined for Earth is now more likely to make impact with the moon.

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Do you remember asteroid 2024 YR4? It has changed course, and has a new target

YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

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New observations show the asteroid that won’t hit Earth resembles a spinning hockey puck

The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck ...

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'Planetary defense is knowing what's out there and what could do harm to us.' Meet the scientist who helped build NASA's asteroid response plan

Lindley Johnson has been a pioneer in blueprinting warning and response scenarios to any potential impact of Earth by an ...

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Scientists Give New Update On “City Destroying” Asteroid—But Don’t Worry!

NASA shares update on potential for city-destroying asteroid and says the chance of the asteroid hitting Earth are very slim.

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Asteroid 2024 YR4, Likely To Impact The Moon, Is Shaped Like A Puck; Here's Where It Came From

Astronomers have constructed a 3D representation of the asteroid 2024 YR4, which could be one of the biggest objects to ...

NASA Shares Planetary Defense Strategy to Protect Earth From Potential Asteroid Strikes

NASA is working on a new space observatory, NEO Surveyor, the first spacecraft designed to assess the threats of asteroids well in advance. The mission launch date is expected to be in the fall of ...

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