Large asteroid to quickly pass by Earth

Met stone discovered in the southern sky

Dashcam footage has captured a large fireball in Lexington, South Carolina, which has recently been identified as a fragment of a met stone. This fragment crashed into a home in Georgia on June 26, 2025.

On September 18th, a significant asteroid—roughly the size of a skyscraper in New York—is expected to either approach or pass close to Earth. The asteroid, referred to as “2025 FA22,” will be traveling at speeds exceeding 24,000 mph. It will make similar passes in the years 2089 and 2173.

These asteroids range from 427 to 951 feet in diameter, which is somewhat comparable to the height of taller skyscrapers.

Nasa has announced that the asteroid will be relatively close to Earth on Tuesday. Meanwhile, researchers from the European Space Agency (ESA) have concluded that revised measurements indicate there is no risk of collision, thus removing these asteroids from potential threat lists.

Astronomers first located the 2025 FA22 last March with an advanced telescope in Hawaii, leading to its placement on the ESA’s watchlist for potentially hazardous asteroids.

According to Harvard physicists, a mysterious interstellar object might even be a spacecraft carrying some sort of nucleus.

The 2025 FA22’s size and speed mean that if it were to hit Earth, it could lead to widespread devastation—think large cities being crushed, fires igniting, and possibly tsunamis occurring.

While the general public won’t be able to see the 2025 FA22, astronomers equipped with powerful telescopes might be able to spot it as a faint dot against the stars around 3:40 a.m. on September 18th.

Fragments of meteoric stones that have recently impacted roofs of homes are believed to be billions of years old, predating Earth itself, according to a professor.

Asteroids are remnants from the solar system’s formation and variously sized objects that traverse the sun’s orbit. NASA estimates there are over 1.3 million asteroids in the solar system, with more than 30,000 classified as near-Earth objects. Their asteroid watch diligently monitors for any potential threats that may come within 4.6 million miles.