A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...
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Bus-sized asteroid will fly past Earth tonight mere days after being discovered. Here's what to expect
Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.
According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.
The asteroid, which was about the size of a humpback whale or a school bus, passed within 200,000 miles of Earth Thursday night, before heading out to space.
The asteroid, designated 2026 EG1, will make its closest approach at 11:27 p.m. EDT on March 12 (03:27 GMT on March 13), News ...
NASA confirms that asteroid 2026 CC3, about the size of a bus, will make a close flyby of Earth on March 11, 2026, at a distance roughly four times that of the Moon’s orbit. Is this asteroid a "danger ...
New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 will not hit the moon in 2032.
New observations have ruled out the chances of an asteroid hitting the moon in 2032, according to scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope.
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