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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 ...

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The space rock is expected to zoom past our planet today at a speed of around 45,991 miles per hour, according to NASA.

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A huge asteroid that was briefly feared to strike Earth now has a nearly 4% chance of smashing into the moon, according to ...

Astronomers are closely monitoring Asteroid 2024 YR4 amid concerns that it could collide with the Moon in 2032. While the asteroid is no longer considered a significant threat to Earth ...