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On July 28, 2025\u2014an asteroid roughly 230 feet across (think the size of a large airplane) named 2025 OW will zip past Earth at nearly 47,000 miles per hour, sailing by at a comfortable distance of about 393,000 miles\u2014that\u2019s about 1.6 times farther than the Moon.But before you grab your flashlight and bunker gear, take some deep breaths. NASA says this is completely routine. Even though the rock is big enough to get attention, it poses absolutely no threat to Earth.<\/p>\n
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NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) stress that fast-moving space rocks are just part of everyday life in the solar system. \u201cClose approaches happen all the time,\u201d NASA’s media specialist Ian J. O’Neill told ABC News, \u201cand if there was any threat, you\u2019d hear about it clearly from us.\u201d<\/p>\n
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So yes, the asteroid is big\u2014but its orbit is mapped out with precision, and scientists know exactly where it’s going to be for the next century. In short: no surprises, no panic, just routine monitoring.<\/p>\n
Can you see it? Not this time<\/p>\n
Curious to catch a glimpse of 2025 OW through binoculars or a telescope? Don\u2019t bother. According to Davide Farnocchia, an asteroid expert at NASA, it won\u2019t be visible to the naked eye or standard backyard gear. But the stage is set for a much cooler spectacle coming in 2029, when asteroid Apophis makes an even closer pass\u2014close enough to be visible from Earth without equipment <\/p>\n
Just how often do asteroids come close?<\/p>\n
A lot more than you’d think. Smaller rocks and space dust\u2014about 100 tons daily\u2014hit Earth harmlessly as they burn up in the atmosphere. Larger asteroids, like 2025 OW, pass near Earth every few years, but Earth impacts of that size happen roughly once every 10,000 years.For real danger to become a concern, the object would have to be at least 460 feet wide and close enough to cross Earth\u2019s orbit in a risky way. 2025 OW doesn’t tick those boxes, even though it’s bigger than 150 feet <\/p>\n
What\u2019s next after 2025 OW? Apophis 2029<\/p>\n
The next head-turner in asteroid news is 99942 Apophis, due to zoom past Earth in April 2029, at just 38,000 km\u2014which is closer than geostationary satellites. It\u2019s about 1,100 feet wide, and early predictions of possible impact have since been ruled out for at least the next century, according to NASA.”Asteroid Apophis will safely pass close to Earth on April 13, 2029,” NASA says. Monitoring asteroids like 2025 OW is part of NASA’s planetary defense mission\u2014basically an early-warning radar for killer space rocks. Even if most asteroids pose zero risk, the idea is to catch potential threats before they get close, so we can plan mitigation\u2014think spacecraft diversion or evacuation strategies. When objects like YR4<\/a> or Apophis show up, scientists run simulations, refine orbits, and assess risk over years.So yes, a plane-sized asteroid is cruising by Earth on July 28th, but there\u2019s no cause for alarm. Space is busy with close calls all the time\u2014most of which we don\u2019t even feel or notice. NASA\u2019s tracking programs give us peace of mind\u2014and a reason to stay excited about cosmic neighbors we never see.Keep an eye on the headlines for 2029\u2019s Apophis, which might actually put on a visible-light show. And don\u2019t sweat 2025 OW\u2014it\u2019s a friendly reminder of our ongoing lunar and planetary watchdog operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On July 28, 2025\u2014an asteroid roughly 230 feet across (think the size of a large airplane) named 2025…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24892,24894,24891,64,63,24896,24895,24893,128],"class_list":["post-25464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-2025-ow-asteroid-details","tag-apophis-asteroid-2029","tag-asteroid-passing-earth","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-center-for-near-earth-object-studies-cneos","tag-jet-propulsion-laboratory-jpl","tag-nasa-asteroid-monitoring","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}