Massive Asteroid Makes Close Pass Between Earth and Moon Tonight
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A car-sized asteroid, 2024 XS2, will pass between Earth and the moon tonight, coming within 122,000 miles of our planet. This close approach, visible in long-exposure photos, marks the closest the asteroid will come to Earth for the next decade. The event follows a recent fireball explosion over Siberia from another asteroid, C0WEPC5, and highlights ongoing monitoring of near-Earth asteroids, with over 34,000 currently tracked by astronomers.
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