An asteroid the size of around nine reindeer - coincidentally, how many reindeer Santa Claus supposedly uses - is set to pass by the Earth on Christmas.
NASA is set to track a sizable near-Earth object, asteroid 2024 XN1, which is expected to pass relatively close to Earth on December 24.
The asteroid is the 11th to have been detected by scientists before impacting Earth. However, due to its small size, it did not cause any damage.
Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.
When Apophis was discovered in 2004, initial calculations indicated that it could approach Earth with a risk of collision.
The asteroid is just around a meter in diameter and is not expected to cause any damage. It will most likely burn in the atmosphere, forming a fireball.
A new study claims that a gigantic asteroid twice the size of Chicago may have struck Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, four billion years ago and changed its axis.
A meteor was spotted in New York, flying over the Statue of Liberty before exploding above Manhattan. However, NASA if it, or military activity, caused the loud booms.
Asteroid 2024 MK is around 154.9 meters wide, around the size of 258 Henri Delaunay trophies won during UEFA European Football Championships (Euros). And it's flying very close to Earth.
Using the ESA's measurement, asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21 is around the size of 770 adult male lions from head to tail.