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![An illustration of a large rocky asteroid moving through space as the blue Earth sits in the distance](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MFRgpwvmKVNFQeY8a9vgxM-320-80.jpg)
'Potentially hazardous' asteroid twice the size of the World Trade Center will shoot past Earth tonight
By JoAnna Wendel published
Asteroid (199145) 2005 YY128 will pass by Earth at a distance of 2.5 million miles on Feb. 15, but will pose no threat to our planet.
![Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with a short third tail (to the left of the comet) and longer gas and dust tails (to the right of the comet) on Jan. 21.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RevoiQSKMK7ct6zBGr9Cg6-320-80.jpg)
You have one last chance to view the green comet this week, thanks to a close flyby with Mars
By Ben Turner published
The green comet C/2022 E3, last seen 50,000 years ago, will zoom past Mars this week. This could be humanity’s last chance to see the comet up close.
![Some comets appear to glow green when ultraviolet sunlight vaporizes carbon molecules in the comet's head](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GsJcb5tJiEGooE2SNLCfAF-320-80.jpg)
Green comet C/2022 E3 will make its closest approach to Earth in 50,000 years this week. Here's how to watch.
By Brandon Specktor last updated
The green comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) will make a close approach to Earth on Feb. 1/Feb. 2 before sailing off into deep space, possibly never to return.
![A diagram from NASA's Scout system shows the path of asteroid 2023 BU in red, deflected by Earth's gravity. The green circle represents the orbit of Earth's geosynchronous satellites.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tJQ2ZzDiBwCXZQJEZCGVRL-320-80.jpg)
Asteroid set to make 'extraordinarily close' approach to Earth tonight. Here's how to watch.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Asteroid 2023 BU will be closest to Earth on Thursday (Jan. 26) at 7:27 p.m. EST (2127 GMT).
![The rubble pile asteroid as imaged by the Hayabusa 1 probe in 2005.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8CENWVrGQB52qwkNVrEhf-320-80.jpeg)
Primordial asteroids are like giant space pillows and could be harder to destroy than previously thought
By Ben Turner published
The asteroid has survived in space for nearly as long as the solar system has existed
![The interaction between the solar wind and the surface of asteroids may have created Earth's water](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LNrYpWzBBsmBQ4FYknSWcd-320-80.jpeg)
Radioactive space rocks could have seeded life on Earth, new research suggests
By Ben Turner published
Radioactive isotopes were found to produce amino acids inside carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
![An artist's interpretation of a killer asteroid exploding on impact with the Red Planet.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6LE5qJEup4ZhoqDaN3WxWB-320-80.jpg)
Colossal 'planet killer' asteroid sparked mega-tsunami on Mars, and now we know where it landed
By Harry Baker published
Planetary scientists have pinpointed the likely location of a massive asteroid impact that triggered an enormous tsunami on the Red Planet around 3.4 billion years ago.
![The 2.5 ounce slice which contains the two brand new minerals.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RNpqdMchunRoNHiXv9uyFQ-320-80.jpg)
Two minerals never seen before on Earth found inside 17-ton meteorite
By Ben Turner published
The minerals were found inside a slice of the El Ali meteorite, which was found in Somalia in 2020.
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