Although it's technically not uncommon for certain asteroids to pass really close to Earth, it's still really rare that we get the opportunity to actually witness them while they are soaring by.

It's not uncommon for asteroids to pass relatively close to Earth, but it's rare that we actually get the chance to witness them as they soar by. Sometimes, researchers don't even know about ...

An asteroid will have an "extremely close encounter" with Earth on Thursday, when it flies by the planet at a distance of fewer than 20,000 miles, according to the Virtual Telescope Project. Asteroid ...

An asteroid will get awfully close to Earth this Thursday (Sept. 24), when it whizzes by our planet closer than the moon orbits. The asteroid — known as 2020 SW — isn't expected to collide with Earth, ...