Asteroid 2026 EG1 passed just 317,791 km from Earth — closer than the Moon — and was only discovered 4 days. Swipe to see →
The event occurred at 11:42 UTC (6:42 AM Eastern Time), when the asteroid crossed over the Antarctic region, invisible to the naked eye...
Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 7, 2026, by the Catalina Sky Survey, operated by the University of Arizona. With only four...
The discovery of asteroid 2026 EG1 just four days before its Earth flyby is, without question, the most concerning aspect of this event...
The most relevant comparison event is the Chelyabinsk meteorite, which entered Earth's atmosphere on February 15, 2013, over the Russian...
Humanity is not completely defenseless against cosmic threats. In the past decade, significant advances have been made:
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