NASA is currently monitoring asteroid 2024 PT5, which is passing by Earth this month at a safe distance. Discovered in August 2024, the 33-foot-wide object has followed a path similar to Earth’s, ...
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The asteroid, named 2024 WY70, is estimated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be roughly 820 feet in diameter, with JPL's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) forecasting that it ...