An asteroid is set to flyby dangerously close to Earth today, NASA has warned. The asteroid, named 2024 MT-1, is hurtling towards Earth at a speed of more than 40,000 miles per hour.

Asteroid 2024 MT-1 makes extremely close approach to Earth

Earth has been impacted by multiple space phenomenon in the last few weeks. Numerous asteroid approaches were also witnessed lately. While these asteroids do not pose a danger like solar storms, they pass Earth very close, making it crucial to observe them to predict any potential collision with our planet.

Trio of massive asteroids approaching earth for another close encounter: All you need to know

A small asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere Sunday morning and lit up the sky over eastern Germany. Videos of the incident have gone viral on social media, depicting a glowing object descending over Europe.

Asteroid crashes into Earth over Germany just hours after being discovered

Scientists claimed to have found a well-preserved fossil of a dinosaur leg touted to be from the time asteroid hit the Earth. The limb of Thescelosaurus, covered with skin, was found at a fossil site in Tanis, North Dakota, 3,000kms away from the asteroid impact site in the Gulf of Mexico.

Archaeologists find ‘perfectly preserved’ fossil of dinosaur that was killed on the day asteroid hit Earth

A 104-metre-wide asteroid, which will be within 3.48 million miles of Earth, is going to pass near the planet. The asteroid has been labelled as a “potentially hazardous object”. The rock, which seems to be bigger than the iconic Big Ben, has been named Asteroid 2013 YD48 by NASA.

It’s time to ‘look up’: Witness building-sized asteroid pass near Earth

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Asteroid 2024 MT-1 makes extremely close approach to Earth

Trio of massive asteroids approaching earth for another close encounter: All you need to know

Asteroid crashes into Earth over Germany just hours after being discovered

Archaeologists find ‘perfectly preserved’ fossil of dinosaur that was killed on the day asteroid hit Earth

It’s time to ‘look up’: Witness building-sized asteroid pass near Earth