LIVE: Newly Detected Asteroid Is Passing Earth Closer Than The Moon Right Now
Don't be alarmed, but as you read this, an asteroid roughly the size of a house is about to zoom past Earth.
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Don't be alarmed, but as you read this, an asteroid roughly the size of a house is about to zoom past Earth.
The asteroid, known as 2023 EY, was only discovered two days ago by a telescope at the Sutherland Observing Station in South Africa.
Astronomers are already considering removing valuable assets to protect them from the eruption. One of the observatories under the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) is closed.
UH-operated telescopes are at the forefront of the world's efforts to discover Near-Earth objects.
Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, says he is pleased that one of two new ATLAS asteroid alert system telescopes is being hosted in South Africa.