A mountain-sized asteroid will be visible from Earth this weekend in a "once in a decade" event. The massive space rock zoomed past Earth earlier this month, but it is not out of view just yet and can ...

Currently shining at 9.7 magnitude (887), Alinda is not bright enough to see with the naked eye but can be seen using binoculars from the Northern Hemisphere. (Artwork shows an asteroid and Earth). A ...

Today, an asteroid larger than Manhattan – large enough it could end civilization, or at least wreck a country – is casually flying by Earth. Don’t panic. This rocky beast named (887) Alinda has zero ...

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