Tag: asteroid

• Tuesday, December 22nd 2015 - 15:19 UTC

  Huge asteroid will cross the sky on Christmas eve at 11m km from planet Earth

  

  In a new twist to the old song, it’s Santa Claus who had “better watch out” on Christmas Eve, as he shares the night sky with a huge asteroid that will make its closest pass to Earth at about the same time the jolly old fellow is making his annual deliveries.

• Monday, June 27th 2011 - 18:31 UTC

  Bus sized asteroid to zoom over the Falklands’ at 7.600 miles in space

  

  An asteroid the size of a bus and massing 600 tons is barreling through space toward planet Earth at terrific speed and is scheduled to zoom across the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islanders late Monday, reports Space magazine.