• Asteroid 2017 VR12 will sweep close tonight

    Asteroid 2017 VR12 will sweep close tonight


    2017 VR12 will pass 3.76 times the moon’s distance during the night of March 6-7. Here are some images and video of the asteroid, plus … how to watch online.

  • Asteroid close encounter on April 2

    Asteroid close encounter on April 2


    The near-Earth asteroid 2017 FU102 has a very close, but safe, encounter with Earth on April 2, 2017, sweeping to within just over half the moon’s distance.