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Asteroid 2026 JH2 skimmed past Earth closer than some communications satellites last night — astronomers spotted it only 8 days before approach

A small asteroid roughly the size of a house slipped past Earth on the night of May 18, 2026, passing closer than the Moon ...
News.az

Warning as massive asteroid set to pass closer than the Moon - VIDEO

The asteroid, named 2026 JH2, was first detected on May 10 by the Mt. Lemmon Survey in Arizona, one of the major ...

Asteroid to pass near Earth faster than the speed of sound, should we worry?

Asteroid 2026 JH2 will make a rare close flyby of Earth tonight, passing closer than many satellites. Can the giant space ...
India Today on MSN

Asteroid the size of a cricket pitch will fly past Earth on Monday. Are we at risk?

A small asteroid called 2026 JH2, roughly the width of a cricket pitch, will fly past Earth on May 18, 2026, at a distance closer than the Moon. Here is everything you need to know about the ...

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.
ScienceAlert

NASA's Psyche Is About to Use Mars as a Slingshot to a Rare Metal Asteroid

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, ...
Scientific American

NASA’s Psyche mission is snapping photos of Mars on its way to an asteroid

The Psyche spacecraft is bound for a metal-rich asteroid that it will examine up close starting in 2029. But first, it needs ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

NASA spacecraft to swing past Mars as it chases rare metal asteroid

Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) ...