NASA Issues Alert as Asteroid 2024 PQ5 Passes Earth in a Close Flyby

August 20, 2024—NASA has issued an alert regarding a near-Earth asteroid named 2024 PQ5, which made its closest approach to our planet today. Measuring approximately 140 feet in diameter—comparable to a small airplane—the asteroid traveled at an astonishing speed of 28,128 miles per hour as it passed Earth at a distance of...