A large near-Earth asteroid will safely pass by our planet on Wednesday morning, providing astronomers with an exceptional opportunity to study the 1.5-mile-wide (2-kilometer-wide) object in great ...

An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth early Wednesday morning, but it's not expected to collide with our planet. An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth ...

A massive asteroid will be zooming past Earth this week. Known as 1998 OR2, the asteroid is a mile wide and will be about 3.9 million miles away from our planet Wednesday, the BBC reported.

This Doppler radar image of asteroid 1998 OR2 makes it appear as though the asteroid is wearing a face mask. An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth next week, but it's not ...

A giant asteroid from the depths of our solar system will fly by Earth at midweek. This is the largest space rock to zoom past the planet since the start of the year. Estimated to be a little over a ...

We have nothing to fear from 1998 OR2. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've now got a good visual on the big space rock that's ...

An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth next week, but it's not expected to collide with our planet. And if an asteroid could be aware of such things, it appears to be wearing a ...