Asteroid Came Within 300 Miles Of Hitting Earth And NASA Missed It

On Wednesday (October 1), an asteroid named 2025 TF narrowly missed Earth , passing just 300 miles above Antarctica. This close encounter, which occurred at an altitude closer than the International Space Station, went unnoticed until after it happened. The asteroid, measuring approximately 9.8 feet in diameter, was detected by the Catalina Sky Survey hours after its closest approach.

The European Space Agency noted that objects of this size pose no significant danger to Earth. However, the incident highlights the challenges in identifying small asteroids before they approach the planet. The asteroid's flyby was not a record; in 2020, asteroid 2020 VT4 passed even closer at 230 miles above Earth.

According to NASA data, the asteroid's trajectory was calculated to have passed over An