Passing asteroid made one of the closest approaches to Earth in recorded history, although it never posed a threat to the planet.

A 36-foot asteroid will whiz past Earth today, but poses no danger of hitting us, astronomers say. The space rock, which is relatively small, is known as 2012 BX34 ...

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GREENBELT, Md., Jan. 25 (UPI) -- NASA says data from its Dawn mission to the asteroid Vesta suggests the rocky body is cold and dark enough to have retained ice for ...

The asteroid 2012 BX34 came close, buzzing by Friday between the orbits of the Earth and moon, but it never posed a threat, NASA said. It passed within 36,750 miles ...