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Asteroid size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

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Asteroid the size of 3 million elephants zooms past Earth

Earth got a relatively close shave this morning (Dec. 4), as a sizable space rock zipped by just 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) away. The asteroid, called 2020 XR, made its closest approach today at approximately 12:26 a.

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Asteroid to make “close pass” near Earth next month

An asteroid is expected to make a “close pass” to Earth next month. In October, NASA confirmed that the asteroid, dubbed 2024 PT5, was first observed in August by the Sutherland, South Africa telescope of the University of Hawai’i’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS).

Stadium-size asteroid to make closest approach to Earth

The stadium-size asteroid is considered a "potentially hazardous object," but poses no threat to Earth this year.

Earth, Asteroid and Siberia

Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week

The asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere at 11:15 a.m. ET over Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, creating a massive fireball.

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Asteroid burns up before hitting Earth creating 'fireball in the sky': See video

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky witnessed across the region.

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Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope” and that the “impact prediction” was made by the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

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Impact of Massive Asteroid That Hit the US Revealed

Research shows that some of Earth's largest asteroid impacts, despite their destruction, had minimal long-term climate ...

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Massive asteroid impacts did not change Earth's climate in the long term, research finds

Two massive asteroids hit Earth around 35.65 million years ago, but did not lead to any lasting changes in the Earth's ...

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Terrifying simulation shows what would happen if asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs hit Earth today

A terrifying simulation has revealed what would happen if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth now.

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A small asteroid struck Earth today. Here's what it looked like.

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around ...

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