Asteroid
Asteroid the size of 60 sloths to fly past the Earth tomorrow
Sloths are the slowest mammals of all, but asteroid 2026 HX3 is anything but that – both in terms of being slow and in terms of being mammals.
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Asteroid the size of 69 American alligators to pass Earth Tuesday - NASA
The massive asteroid 2023 CM is estimated to be as much as 320 meters in diameter and is set to pass Earth. It won't hit, but if it did, it could devastate a continent.
New asteroid the size of 27 pandas could hit the Earth in 2046 - ESA, NASA
Newly discovered asteroid 2023 DW has a notable nonzero chance of hitting the Earth in 2046, but will it? And will it be bad? Asteroid experts discuss the findings.
Asteroid the size of 112 camels to pass Earth Wednesday - NASA
Asteroid 2023 DQ could be as wide as 270 meters, which is the combined height of over 112 Dromedary camels. NASA says it will pass Earth on Shushan Purim.
Asteroid the size of 145 horses to pass Earth on Purim - NASA
Asteroid 535844 (2015 BY310) is estimated to be as much as 250 meters in diameter, around as much as 145 Clydesdale horses, and it's passing us on Purim.
Asteroid the size of 14 flamingos to skim past Earth Wednesday - NASA
Asteroid 2023 DJ1 is around 14 meters wide, and flamingos can be as much as 1.4 meters tall. But those fabulous birds are more dangerous because this asteroid won't hit us.
Corgi-sized meteor as heavy as 4 baby elephants hit Texas - NASA
The meteor in question struck the Earth near McAllen, Texas with the energy equivalent of 8 tons of TNT, but there were no reported casualties or damages.
Asteroid twice the size of Super Bowl trophy impacts near France - NASA
Asteroid 2023 CX1 was spotted shortly after its discovery heading towards Earth, where it harmlessly exploded in the atmosphere above the English Channel, close to Normandy in France.
Asteroid the size of two NFL football fields accidentally discovered by NASA - study
The images were originally meant to be calibration images of a main-belt asteroid, which astronomers discovered 25 years ago.
Huge asteroid the size of 16 humpback whales to pass Earth Friday - NASA
There were fears that the massive asteroid 367789 (2011 AG5) could potentially impact the Earth between 2040 and 2047, but later NASA calculations found it unlikely.
Asteroid half the size of fighter jet may nearly hit Earth Friday - NASA
8-meter-wide asteroid 2023 BU, only recently discovered, will past just a couple thousand kilometers above the Earth, NASA said, cutting it very close.
