Bus-size asteroid flew closer than the moon - watch the orbit animation

Asteroid 2024 DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide ...

Time-lapse orbit animation of OSIRIS-APEX's epic journey to asteroid Apophis

The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft's name has been changed to OSIRIS-APEX for its new mission to asteroid Apophis. See its journey to ...
Yahoo

Small Asteroid Impacted Earth Recently - See An Orbit Animation

Asteroid 2024 UQ impacted Earth above the Pacific Ocean. The space rock was about 3 feet (1 meter) wide. It was detected by the ATLAS survey on the day it struck Earth. Credit: Space.com | animation: ...

Asteroid Flew Just 200 Miles Above Earth | How Rare Is A Close Encounter?

Asteroid 2025 TF's closest approach was about ~186 miles (300 km) from Earth. It is estimated to be about 2 meters (6.5 feet) ...
Scientific American

Newfound Asteroid May Hit Earth in 2032, Scientists Say

In late December astronomers using the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) telescope in Chile observed a new asteroid near our planet. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the object—somewhere between ...
Ars Technica

Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Something in the sky captured the attention of astronomers in the final days of 2024. A telescope in Chile scanning the night sky detected a faint point of light, and it didn’t correspond to any of ...