A colossal asteroid larger than a mountain safely passed Earth on December 27, 2025, an event that is exceptionally rare.
This asteroid exceeds 1315.0 meters (4314.3 feet), large enough to compare with entire islands or mountain ranges.
Extensive tracking confirmed that this giant asteroid posed no danger to Earth during its December 27, 2025 encounter.
An impact from an object this size could cause mass extinctions, as happened 65 million years ago with the dinosaurs.
The Chicxulub impactor, responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs, was about 10 kilometers wide.
Apophis will pass extremely close in 2029.
Near-Earth asteroids are remnants from the solar system's formation, and NASA tracks over 35,000 of them.
Fortunately, no objects of this scale are currently on a collision course with Earth.