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Upcoming asteroid flyby: Near Earth object 2025 YU6 to pass by our planet on January 11

The asteroid is currently located in the constellation of Lynx, at a distance of more than 1.9 million miles (3.2 million ...
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NASA alert! 120-foot airplane-sized asteroid 2025 MM to make closest flyby on Earth today; should we be concerned

Asteroid 2025 MM: Star gazers and astronomers are pointing to an airplane-sized asteroid 2025 MM, which will have a close but safe flyby of Earth this week. Notwithstanding its closeness, authorities ...
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NASA: 100-foot asteroid to make record, but harmless, Earth flyby

The asteroid is called 2004 F-H and will pass about 26 thousand 500 miles away from Earth. It's 100 feet across and was detected Monday night by astronomers in New Mexico. Similar-sized asteroids are ...
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See asteroid Donaldjohanson up close thanks to NASA's Lucy mission | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2025

NASA's Lucy mission is key to helping us understand the early history of our solar system as it studies asteroids like the Donaldjohanson. Named after the paleoanthropologist who co-discovered the ...
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A Revolutionary, Low-Cost Asteroid Mission Is Now in Danger From NASA Cutbacks

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China proposes flyby mission to asteroid Apophis during 2029 Earth encounter

An illustration of the asteroid Apophis, which will make a close flyby of the Earth in April 2029. Credit: ESA Science Office HELSINKI — Chinese scientists are proposing using a pathfinder spacecraft ...