The asteroid is estimated to be between 656 and 1,443 feet across, and will pass at 16 times the distance to the moon.

Alinda, which measures about 4.2 kilometers in diameter, can be seen from our planet. This is due to an astronomical phenomenon that is

NASA has arrived at two ways of returning samples collected on Mars to Earth. Now, the agency will test the options to see if the cache can make it back in the 2030s.

Alinda is one of the five largest near-Earth asteroids, coming closer than 9.3 million miles until the year 2200.

On Monday night you may have a chance to witness the moon obscuring the Red Planet at its brightest, as well as a comet’s closest approach to the sun.

"it's not completely unusual for asteroids to be near the Earth," Gallagher said. "Our moon is about a quarter million miles away from the Earth. So something 7.6 million miles out would be many, many, many times father away from the Earth than the moon is. No cause for alarm."

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the Solar System: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled scientists since it was discovered in the 1970s. The southern highlands of Mars (w

The Alinda asteroid will be visible with binoculars in a 'once in a decade' event as it brushes past Earth, with its return to the planet not expected until 2087

Scientists have made a shocking discovery about a rare object in our solar system likened to an asteroid-comet hybrid. Astronomers from the University of Central Florida have made the space discovery using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).

Alinda, measuring 2.6 miles wide, will be visible this weekend. Stargazers can spot it using basic equipment or watch a livestream. Events like this occur once in a decade.

The UAE is developing a space craft to land on an asteroid belt beyond Mars.

You could also take a shortcut and find the planet Mars, which is also visiting Gemini now. But be prepared: Spotting asteroid 877 Alinda will be an Easter egg hunt. "It's a magnitude of +9 ...