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Stadium-size asteroid to make closest approach to Earth

An asteroid the size of a football stadium isn’t hitting Earth, but it’ll come closer than ever: Watch live tonight

The massive space rock is large enough to wipe out a small city, and it’s moving toward Earth at about 27,500 miles per hour, according to NASA. An asteroid the “size of a football stadium” is moving at a fast pace toward Earth and will be visible via livestream in the early morning hours of Wednesday,

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Stadium-size asteroid passes by Earth

A stadium-size asteroid made its closest approach to Earth Wednesday, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). It was the first of two asteroid fly-bys this week. The asteroid, known as 2020 XR, made its closest approach to Earth at a distance of about 2.2 million kilometers at 12:26 a.m. Eastern Time Wednesday, according to JPL.

Newsweek on MSN · 7h

NASA Monitoring 39-Foot Asteroid Nearing Earth

"Asteroids are 'bits of a planet that didn't happen' that orbit the sun between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt," astronomer Jay Tate said.

Asteroid lights up Russian sky, producing a fireball

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Asteroid Heading Toward Earth Blazes Across Sky in Fireball Over Siberia

NASA Asteroid Watch shared in an alert on X that the asteroid “was first observed with the University of Arizona's Bok telescope” and that the “impact prediction” was made by the Scout system at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Center for Near-Earth Object Studies.

NBC News · 1d

Asteroid lights up the Russian sky, producing a fireball

According to officials, an asteroid lit up the sky in Russia, near the far eastern region of Yakutia. It produced a fireball before burning up in the atmosphere.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Falling Asteroid Lights up Sky in Russia's Remote Yakutia

An asteroid lit up the sky in Russia's remote far eastern region of Yakutia early on Wednesday, producing a fireball before likely burning up in the atmosphere, officials and scientists said. The emergencies ministry in Yakutia said all official bodies had been placed on alert as the asteroid approached but that no damage had been reported after its descent.

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Chron on MSN · 22h

A small asteroid struck Earth today. Here's what it looked like.

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around 27 inches wide, the asteroid—temporarily designated C0WEPC5—was detected by astronomers just hours before it entered Earth's atmosphere over Yakutia as a "harmless fireball" around 10:15 a.m. CT.

Yahoo · 4h

Small asteroid explodes in Earth's atmosphere

A small asteroid neared the Earth's atmosphere before exploding. Derrick Pitts, the Franklin Institute's chief astronomer and planetarium director, joins CBS News with more on the phenomenon.

New Scientist on MSN · 1d

An asteroid will dramatically burn up in Earth's atmosphere today

Astronomers have spotted a 70-centimetre asteroid that is set to hit the atmosphere above northern Siberia at 4.15 pm GMT, making a fireball in the sky

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Impact of Massive Asteroid That Hit the US Revealed

Research shows that some of Earth's largest asteroid impacts, despite their destruction, had minimal long-term climate ...

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Asteroid burns up before hitting Earth creating 'fireball in the sky': See video

A "harmless" asteroid burned up Tuesday night above northern Siberia in Russia, creating a blazing fireball in the sky ...

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Asteroid on 'collision course' with Earth burns up above Russia

A small asteroid barreled toward Earth, creating a harmless fireball across the skies above eastern Russia on Tuesday, ...

Asteroid nearly hits Earth in Siberia, with a 2nd massive asteroid passing this week

The asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere at 11:15 a.m. ET over Yakutia in northeastern Siberia, creating a massive fireball.

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NASA engineer reflects on asteroid that burned over Russia

A small asteroid moved toward Earth before burning out above far northeastern Russia. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz speaks to NASA ...

Terrifying simulation shows what would happen if asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs hit Earth today

A terrifying simulation has revealed what would happen if the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth now.

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Tiny asteroid detected hours before hitting Earth to become 4th 'imminent impactor' of 2024

The asteroid, which has the temporary designation C0WEPC5, has now become the 4th "imminent impactor" discovered in 2024, ...

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Double Major Asteroid Collisions 35 Million Years Ago Didn’t Change Earth's Climate Long Term

Chicxulub is the asteroid impact that wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and many other living organisms across the planet 66 ...

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