Asteroid Named Santa Claus Approaches Earth

January 2, 2025

An asteroid named Santa Claus and the size of a 10-story building approached Earth. The impact would be equivalent to 12 million tons of TNT and would level an area of 1200 kilometers. But let's breathe easy: scientists report that everything is fine. The asteroid is currently very far away, about 18 times farther from Earth than the Moon.