Asteroid 2012 DA14 is just one of many asteroids in space, most of which have yet to be discovered, its discoverers say. The asteroid will fly extremely close to Earth on Feb. 15.

Asteroid 2012 DA14 was discovered by a team of amateur astronomers affiliated with the La Sagra Sky Survey at the Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca in southern Spain on Feb. 23, 2012.

Asteroid 2012 DA14 has made its closest pass of Earth, just a scant 17,200 miles from our surface, and now astronomers are watching it recede harmlessly into the cosmos. You can watch it, too ...

It may sound unsettling to hear that a potential killer known as asteroid 2012 DA14 will be coming closer to Earth than telecommunication satellites on Feb. 15, but don't panic: Earth's ...

Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 has become a sizzling topic online and on the TV news. Not a week goes by lately when I don't hear about "the asteroid that's going to fly by Earth". Yesterday John ...

For the tl;dr crowd, let’s get this out of the way right away: asteroid 2012 DA14 is almost certainly not going to hit the Earth next February. And by “almost certainly”, I mean it: the odds ...

An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool has raced past the Earth at a distance of just 27 ... 2012 DA14 was first spotted in February 2012 by astronomers at the La Sagra Sky Survey in ...

In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock about 150 feet (50 meters) in diameter that was going to fly closer to Earth than the ...

The near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will come within 13,000 miles or so of our planet next February, but it won't hit us, NASA researchers say. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...

As asteroid 2012 DA14 silently flies toward Earth, how would you like to go along for the ride? Now you can, virtually speaking. NASA has created a simulated display that allows you to accompany ...

Now that everyone’s nerves are on edge following the break up of a small asteroid over Chelyabinsk, Russia this morning, we now turn our frayed attention to Asteroid 2012 DA14.NASA is scheduled ...

Duck! Here comes asteroid 2012 DA14, grazing close to where you live on February 15th!