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The first asteroid, officially named (2025 OJ1), is estimated to be around 300 feet wide, while the second is 2019 CO1,  sizable at around 200 feet.
NASA reports two asteroids will closely approach Earth on August 8, 2025. Asteroid (2025 OJ1) is about 300 feet wide.
INDIAN Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its radar imaging satellite developed in collaboration with the National ...
This orbital diagram shows 2023 BU’s trajectory — in red — during its close approach with Earth on Jan. 26, 2023. The green line shows the orbit of geosynchronous satellites. NASA / JPL-Caltech ...
If the asteroid passed through one tiny region of near-Earth orbit, the planet's gravity would pull on it just enough that in April of 2036, the asteroid would return to hit Earth.
In low-earth orbit, objects can collide at around 23,000 miles an hour, enough for even the tiniest debris to crack the windows on the International Space Station. All told, it is estimated that there ...
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
A stadium-sized asteroid, 2005 VO5, is set to approach Earth tomorrow morning. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory confirms its ...
According to NASA, Earth's gravity affects every asteroid that comes close to the planet. 2023 BU is coming so close, though, that it will experience a significant change in its orbit around the Sun.
Scientists have discovered that Earth could have at least six minimoons that we never knew existed. A minimoon is a small asteroid or rock that gets temporarily captured by Earth's gravity. And now, ...
Nearly 30,000 objects are hurtling through near-Earth orbit. That's not just a problem for space ADVERTISEMENT Sci-Tech News ...