NASA will deploy cutting-edge technology to better understand the inner workings of 2024 XN1 during its near-Earth passage.

"In 1969, we landed humans on the moon; on Christmas Eve in 2024, we are going to embrace a star," Nour Raouafi, project ...

XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest ...

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

Asteroid 2024 XN1, nicknamed the "Christmas Eve asteroid," will pass Earth at a speed of 14,743 mph on December 24, reaching its closest point at 02:56 am GMT. With a size of 120 feet and a close ...

NASA has announced that an asteroid, comparable in size to a 10-story building, will make a close approach to Earth on ...

Nasa has issued an update on a huge asteroid which will pass Earth on Christmas Eve. On the night when Father Christmas will ...

A 10-story building-sized asteroid, 2024 XN1, will safely pass Earth on Christmas Eve at a distance of 4.48 million miles. Two smaller asteroids will also pass by on Christmas Day. NASA's ...

Astronomers are closely tracking asteroid 2024 XN1, which is set to pass by Earth on December 24, 2024, just in time for Christmas Eve.

The massive rock is believed to be ten storeys high and will skim past the planet at 14,743 miles per hour in the early hours ...