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A bus-size asteroid known as 2026 EG1 flew past Earth closer than the moon late Thursday. Here's what NASA had to say about ...

According to the space agency's tracking, the rock is hurtling through space at more than 21,500 miles per hour.

Asteroid 2026 EG1 was discovered on March 8, less than one week ago.

Here's what scientists have now learned about the DART mission.

The asteroid, which was about the size of a humpback whale or a school bus, passed within 200,000 miles of Earth Thursday night, before heading out to space.