NASA has warned that the massive asteroid 2024 NX1 will skim past Earth tonight - reaching its closest point at 02:56 am GMT in the early hours of Christmas Eve.

The 3-kilometer-long asteroid (named 163899, or 2003 SD220) will be sailing by at a safe distance of 6.7 million miles. Here are delay-Doppler images of 2003 SD220 as observed by us at ...

However, the Christmas Eve asteroid will make its closest pass in December of 2106 when it will skim past Earth at a distance of just 2.11 million miles (3.4 million km).

The asteroid, dubbed Asteroid 2018 XN5, will swing past the planet on the same night Christians believe the star announced the imminent birth of Jesus 2,018 years ago. Scientists at NASA’s Jet ...

Christmas Eve asteroid the size of a 10-floor building makes ‘close approach’ to Earth tonight By . Ben Cost. Published Dec. 23, 2024, 9:37 a.m. ET.

An asteroid is set to fly past Earth on Christmas eve — and some are convinced that it could cause devastating effects on Earth. But scientists have dismissed the worries, which include fears ...

Asteroid 2003 SD220, also known as asteroid 163899, is scheduled to make its closest approach to Earth on Christmas Eve, a.k.a. December 24, 2015. At more than 28 times the moon’s distance, NASA ...

Every so often, asteroids and other large pieces of space rock and junk come very close to Earth, but fortunately, many of them don’t collide. Most smaller objects get burned up in the atmosphere, but ...

Astronauts may one day ride an asteroid that is sailing past the Earth this Christmas Eve. The stony or "s-class" asteroid 2003 SD220, which is shaped like a hot dog bun and is between one and two ...

PARIS (AFP) - After a comet for Halloween, another Earthly holiday will be marked by a visit from a celestial body - this time a large asteroid zipping past on Christmas Eve, astronomers said ...