Newfound asteroid will fly between Earth and Moon on September 18, 2013

Newfound asteroid will fly between Earth and Moon on September 18, 2013

Only few days ago, astronomers from the Mount Lemmon Survey at the University of Arizona discovered a small space rock that will fly between Earth-Moon system. Small asteroid named 2013 RZ53 is about 3 meter (10 feet) wide and it will fly within

Asteroid’s Record-Breaking Brush with Earth Changed It Forever

Asteroid’s Record-Breaking Brush with Earth Changed It Forever

A tiny asteroid that zipped by Earth this month made the closest-ever approach to our planet without hitting it, an encounter that changed its place in our solar system forever, NASA scientists say. The asteroid, called 2011 CQ1, came within 3,400 miles (5,471