A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...

The icy celestial object, which has steadily brightened as it approaches the sun, will subsequently make its closest pass of Earth ... Hemisphere in early February, according to NASA.

During the flyby, the JIRAM instrument detected a massive hot spot on Io's southern hemisphere ... Earth-based observations of the region may also be possible, according to NASA.