It’s time to say hello to an old friend again. The first near-Earth asteroid ever discovered by humans, 433 Eros, will have a close fly-by of Earth this weekend, and it should stay visible for a few weeks for anyone with a half-decent telescope. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

On Sunday, November 30, 2025, Eros will fly about 60 million kilometers (37.2 million miles) from Earth – or about 0.4 astronomical units (the Earth-Sun distance). That’s a totally safe distance, yet close enough to get a good look.

The stony asteroid will skim just a couple of degrees from the glowing core of the Andromeda Galaxy, our nearest galactic neighbor. Since this hurtling space rock is relatively large, around 34 × 11 × 11 kilometers (~

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