Newly Discovered Bus-Sized Asteroid to Zip Past Earth Within Lunar Distance

Asteroid 2026 EG1, a bus-sized near-Earth object discovered March 8, 2026, will pass about 1 lunar distance (roughly 197,000 miles) from Earth on March 12–13, traveling at about 21,500 mph. There is no risk to Earth. NASA tracks over 41,000 NEAs and is preparing defense plans and potential asteroid redirect missions for future threats.