YZ9 is set to approach Earth on 6 January. The asteroid is about 100 feet wide, similar to a large aircraft. It will travel at 19,091 miles per hour. At its closest, ...

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Asteroid AB 2025 is set to make an astonishingly close approach to Earth, passing at a distance of just 1.2 million miles.

The asteroid, named 2025 AB, is expected to pass us at a distance of 95,200 miles, about twice as close as the orbit of the ...

AB, a 42-foot Near-Earth Asteroid, will pass just 95,200 miles from Earth, providing scientists a unique chance to study it ...

The Quadrantids’ radiant lies in the now-defunct constellation Quadrans Muralis, a region of the sky occupied by Boötes. It’s ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe skimmed the sun on Christmas Eve and lived to tell the tale. The heat-hardened spacecraft made its closest solar flyby yet at 6:53 a.m. EST on December 24. It came within 6.1 ...

NASA's record-setting spacecraft was just 3.8 million miles from the sun's surface—the closest any human-made object has ever ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in early January, offering dazzling fireballs and up to 120 meteors per hour.

The Quadrantids, which peak in early January each year, are considered to be "one of the best annual meteor showers," according to NASA. "Most meteor showers have a two-day peak, which makes catching ...

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