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NASA Tracking Bus-Size Asteroid Approaching Earth at 30,000 Mph
BS4 may be anywhere between 17 and 40 feet across, and will approach at about twice the distance between the Earth and moon.
Asteroid 'city killer' to shoot past earth TOMORROW as Nasa track 'bus-sized' space rock
A bus-sized asteroid is set to hurtle past Earth today at a staggering speed of 35,000mph - ten times faster than a speeding bullet. The space rock, known as Asteroid 2025 BS4, will pass within 511,000 miles of our planet at approximately 3.
Asteroid the size of the Statue of Liberty nears Earth this week
A relatively small object in space, roughly the size of the Statue of Liberty, is expected to zip past Earth on January 31. The object, named 2015 DJ155, is one of several objects that will near our planet in the next several days.
School bus-sized asteroid found to be fragment of the Moon
In August 2024, the ATLAS telescope in South Africa discovered asteroid 2024 PT5, a ten-meter-wide space rock roughly the size of a school bus, according to Phys.org. Following its discovery, the small near-Earth object captured the attention of scientists worldwide due to its potential lunar origins.
NASA warns 'bus-sized' asteroid set to skim Earth at 30,000mph
According to NASA, which regularly tracks cosmetic activity, a giant asteroid will pass by Earth on Tuesday, January 28. Asteroid 2025 BS4 is approximately 22 feet in diameter and 17 to 40 feet across.

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Astronomers discover 196-foot asteroid with 1-in-83 chance of hitting Earth in 2032
A 196-foot-wide asteroid has a 1-in-83 chance of striking Earth in 2032. An expert tells Space.com where this asteroid could ...
New Asteroid Tops NASA’s Impact Risk Chart, 1.2% Chance of 2032 Collision
The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, jumped to the top of NASA's risk chart, with a slim but measurable chance of striking ...
Newly discovered asteroid could hit earth in 2032 and “cause a significant air burst and fireball”
According to research from NASA’s Center of NEO Studies the asteroid is projected to come within 66,000 miles of earth on ...
It’s not sci-fi: Americans support asteroid defense spending
Planetary defense is a global imperative, of course, but for the time being, NASA — and, by extension, the United States — is ...
Could This Asteroid Be a Lost Chunk of the Moon?
PT5, a near-Earth object discovered last year, has captivated scientists with its potential lunar origins. Likely ejected ...
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The Asteroid That Will Be Forever Changed By Passing Near Earth
In 2029, one of the solar system's many asteroids will pass Earth close enough to see with the naked eye. But asteroid ...
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What If The Solar System Had a Super-Earth? Here's What Would Happen.
Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...
The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Not Have Been As Deadly as We Thought
Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...