Tag: City-killer asteroid

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  “City-killer asteroid” zoomed past the Earth with little previous detection

  

  A large asteroid barely known to science zoomed past the Earth on Thursday, speeding by within 73,000km of the planet. That might sound far but it's about a fifth of the distance to the Moon, scientists said, and a pretty close call.