A huge asteroid, 2025 MA90 is hurtling through space at around 20,000mph and is set to pass by Earth later today, reaching as close as six million kilometres from our planet

Today, the sky holds an exciting spectacle as 2025 MA90, an asteroid approximately 280 feet in diameter, makes its close flyby of Earth. Traveling at over 20,000 miles per hour, it is set to pass a safe distance of six million kilometers from our planet.

Scientists are looking to the skies today as a huge asteroid is set to skim past Earth at more than 20,000mph as NASA track its course

When NASA's DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft's solar panels strike and pulverize two large boulders on the target, debris from which spun off in two directions.

With India grappling with a rare earth magnet crisis that threatens its automobile and electronics sectors, Deloitte South Asia CEO Romal Shetty suggests a bold, space-age solution: asteroid mining.

Beyond their scientific value, these tiny satellites may also hold commercial potential. Because they briefly orbit close to Earth, minimoons could become attractive targets for space mining.

Asteroids don’t always need to head straight for Earth to draw global attention. The case of asteroid 2024 YR4 is proving just that. Once flagged for

In 2022, NASA rammed a spacecraft into an asteroid to see if it could alter its orbital period around its parent asteroid. The mission, dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), aimed to determine whether humanity could theoretically save itself from a catastrophic asteroid impact.

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these space rocks. The September 2022 collision of a spacecraft into the asteroid moon Dimorphos completely changed the space rock’s orbit.

YR4 won’t hit Earth, but a 4% chance remains for a lunar impact. ESA's upcoming NEOMIR telescope could revolutionize early detection of similar threats. Earlier this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 drew global attention when its estimated chance of striking Earth in 2032 reached 3%.

Asteroid 2025 MA90, which belongs to the Aten group, will make its closest approach on 15 July. It is about 280 feet wide and travelling at 20,263 miles per hour. NASA says it will pass Earth at around 4,020,000 kilometres. That’s far enough to avoid any danger but close enough to study.