This NASA chart shows how bright asteroid 2012 DA14 will appear, as compared to other night sky objects, when it zooms within 17,200 miles of Earth on Feb. 15, 2013. Trajectory of Asteroid 2012 ...

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’s flyby will provide backyard astronomers in Europe, Asia and Australia with a wonderful opportunity to spot the faint reflected sunlight of this interplanetary interloper.

While there is no chance that asteroid 2012 DA14 will hit Earth this Friday, the asteroid's flyby is history-making for several other reasons. Using intricate mapping techniques, researchers have ...

21.05 With the asteroid now getting further and further away from us, we're going to end our live coverage of Space's Big Day. Thanks for sticking with us! 20.05 On a busy day for space, we bring ...

Asteroid 2012 DA14 is making headlines this week, despite the fact that the "incoming" space rock, as it has been described, definitely won't hit Earth.

Asteroid 2012 DA14 to come within 17,200 miles of Earth Feb. 15. Feb. 6, 2013 — -- It begins to get on your nerves. Every now and then -- a few times a year, depending on what you count -- an ...

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 ...

An asteroid as large as an Olympic swimming pool has raced past the Earth at a distance of just 27,700km (17,200mi) - the closest ever predicted for an object of that size. It passed far closer ...

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 ...

The asteroid expected to zoom by Earth on Friday -- but narrowly miss it ... Asteroid named 2012 DA14 to come closer than… Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ...

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 ...