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How To See The Huge Asteroid That's Whizzing By Earth Today

The Huffington Post | By Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.08.2012

2005 YU55, an asteroid larger than an aircraft carrier, will whiz past Earth on Tuesday, coming so close to the home planet that it will actually trav...

Asteroid Passes By Earth On Tuesday

AP | ALICIA CHANG | Posted 01.08.2012

LOS ANGELES — An asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zipped by Earth on Tuesday in the closest encounter by such a massive space rock in more...

WATCH: Asteroid To Narrowly Miss Earth

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.04.2012

An asteroid a quarter-mile-wide will, astronomically speaking, narrowly miss Earth next week. And while it is the closest an asteroid this size has...