Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday

The asteroid 2005 UK1 will make a close – but safe – pass by Earth on January 12, 2026. Though it is considered a potentially hazardous asteroid, it will not pass near enough to have any effect on Earth. Image via Batman111/ Pixabay.

Potentially hazardous asteroid to safely pass Earth Monday

Back on October 24, 2005, the Catalina Sky Survey on Mount Lemmon in Arizona discovered a near-Earth asteroid that might be nearly a mile wide. Because the asteroid – named 2005 UK1 – can come within...