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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has confirmed an asteroid approximately the size of a stadium zoomed past Earth on February 2.

An asteroid that passed close by Earth represents the greater threat of undetected space rocks potentially colliding with our planet.

NASA has published an updated count on all of its near-Earth asteroids it has on record and expects to discover as of August, 2023.

Astronomers have been looking for near-Earth asteroids for many years, and so far, they have found tens of thousands, but how many are dangerous?

An asteroid approximately the size of the Empire State Building will approach Earth later this week and be traveling 72,000 mph.

2022 NE and 2022 NF are two asteroids detected only two days before they each came within as little as 55,000 miles of Earth.

An expansion to the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) system allows it to scan the entire night sky every day.

NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout will fly with the Artemis 1 mission's SLS rocket, set to observe the smallest asteroid yet.