Current predictions indicate that on its next flyby, due on Feb. 15, 2013, it will pass Earth at just 24 000 km – closer than many commercial satellites. This graphic is an illustration of how the ...

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is about 40 meters (131 ft) in size, has a mass of 130,000 tons, is traveling relative to the Earth at a speed of some 6.3 km/s (14,100 mph) ... and will miss us by less than 32,000 ...

Editor's Note: For the latest news, photos and video of asteroid 2012 DA14 and its Feb. 15 Earth flyby, visit SPACE.com's special report here: Asteroid 2012 DA14 Earth Flyby of Feb. 15: Complete ...

An asteroid half the size of a football field will give Earth the ultimate close shave this month, passing closer than many satellites when it whizzes by. But it won't hit the planet, NASA scientists ...

Alexandria, VA – December 21, 2012 – the purported last day of a 5,125-year cycle in the Mesoamerican calendar – has been added to an endless list of days when the world has been expected to end. But ...

The planet Earth dodged a bullet almost two years ago, scientists have found — a massive, magnetic bullet, that is, in the form of a barrage of solar blasts that could have cooked our technological ...