Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Asteroid (612356) 2002 JX8 will come within 2.6 million ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in a matter of hours. Talk of asteroids coming too close for comfort to Earth may remind people of ...

On May 9, a stadium-sized potentially hazardous asteroid will pass by Earth, and you can watch the flyby happen in real time courtesy of a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. Want to ...

On May 9, 2025, a stadium-sized asteroid will make a close pass by Earth. This close flyby of asteroid 2002 JX8 has been meticulously tracked by scientists, and although it poses no threat to Earth, ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, thanks to a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. Known as the ...

Asteroid 2002 JX8 is moving towards Earth and is classified as potentially hazardous. Should we be worried? With an estimated diameter between 230 and 510 meters, on May 9 at 13:02 Italian time, it ...

At 950 feet in diameter, the asteroid is about the size of a typical stadium, or three football fields. The Virtual Telescope Project plans to stream the event live on YouTube. An asteroid about the ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a stadium, has a ...