The 950 ft asteroid 2002 JX8 will make a close pass to Earth on May 9, and stargazers can watch it unfold in real time via livestreamed telescope footage.

The asteroid, dubbed 2002 JX8, makes close approache s to both Earth and Venus relatively often, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by Caltech in California.

There are a lot of asteroids around us this weekend, and the biggest of them all is known as asteroid 612356 (2002 JX8). As space rocks go it is a very dangerous one, because it would cause ...

The asteroid, dubbed 2002 JX8, makes close approache s to both Earth and Venus relatively often, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, managed by Caltech in California.

With that being said, the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel will go live at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET), just a few hours before 2002 JX8 makes its closest approach to Earth at (11:02 GMT).

With that being said, the Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel will go live at 2:30 p.m. MT (4:30 p.m. ET), just a few hours before 2002 JX8 makes its closest approach to Earth at (11:02 GMT).

Asteroid (612356) 2002 JX8 is classified as potentially hazardous like any other with a diameter greater than 140 meters and estimated to pass within 7.5 million kilometers of Earth.

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth today, Friday, May 9. Scientists say the "potentially hazardous" 950ft-wide space rock - named 612356 (2002 JX8) - will pass around 2.6 million miles ...

Asteroid (612356) 2002 JX8 is a 950 feet (290 metres) wide lump of space rock that is due to come within 2.6 million miles (4.2 million kilometres) of Earth on Friday (May 9), according to NASA.

The Virtual Telescope Project's YouTube channel will go live at 4:30 p.m. EDT (20:30 GMT) on May 9, just a few hours before 2002 JX8 makes its closest approach to Earth at (11:02 GMT). The stream ...

2002 JX8 is a sizable rock. It is estimated to be around 290 meters (950 feet) across. NASA describes it as "stadium-size", but Michigan Stadium in the US or Camp Nou in Spain (among the biggest ...