On Tuesday, a skyscraper-sized asteroid with potential hazards will pass near Earth | The main category is “asteroid.”

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A “potentially hazardous” asteroid the dimensions of a skyscraper is set to zip previous Earth on Tuesday (Sept. 17), according to NASA. The skyscraper-size asteroid, named 2024 ON, has an estimated diameter between 721 and 1,575 ft (220 to 480 meters), and will zip previous the Earth at 19,842 mph (31933 km/h) — or round … Read more