Asteroid 2021 EQ3 was detected by the Mt. Lemmon Survey and reported by the NASA-funded Minor Planet Center on March 11. ... Watch Live As Asteroid Thought To Be Up to One Mile Long Flies Past Earth; ...

The asteroid, named 2021 GT2, is predicted to safely miss our planet by more than 2.2 million miles (3.5 million kilometers) — or roughly 10 times the average distance between Earth and the moon ...

According to Sky Live, ... On Friday, the asteroid 2021 QV6 will also skim Earth. This asteroid is estimated to be as wide as 525 feet, that's just a touch smaller than the Washington Monument.

The big asteroid Apophis will pass safely by Earth tonight (March 5) and at least two astronomy broadcast services plan to showcase the flyby in live webcasts. While personal telescopes smaller ...

But asteroid 2021 EQ3 came closer to Earth than our lone natural satellite. Sky surveys and other telescopes spot a space rock passing closer than the moon every few days, on average.

Asteroid 2001 FO32 is the largest asteroid that has been predicted to make a close approach of Earth this year. It will zip by from a safe distance on Sunday, according to NASA.

NASA is set to test its "Armageddon"-like mission of crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, and it wants the public to watch live.. Asteroids frequently get close to striking Earth, but it has ...

DART launched from Earth in November 2021 and is expected to have its collision with the asteroid at 7:14 p.m. Eastern this evening. Here are the basic details on how DART will deflect the asteroid.

In 2021 a collaborative of scientists published a report that identified the immediate effects of an asteroid, including “shock waves that can knock down forests and buildings, thermal radiation ...

It will be the second asteroid encounter for Lucy, launched in 2021 on a quest that will take it to 11 space rocks. The close approaches should help scientists better understand our early solar ...