Recent observations indicate that G3 ATLAS has brightened significantly, with a sudden outburst on January 2 leading to a nearly four-fold increase in brightness.
Don’t space out or you’ll miss it. A once-in-a-generation asteroid broader than the width of Manhattan will be passing by the Earth — and there’s a chance you can see it for yourself.
"BepiColombo's main mission phase may only start two years from now, but all six of its flybys of Mercury have given us invaluable new information about the little-explored planet." ...
"NASA's JPL monitors three asteroids, 2024 PT5, 2024 YD13, and 2024 YW9, as they fly past Earth, providing opportunities for scientific research and planetary defense.