An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth early Wednesday morning, but it’s not expected to collide with our planet. The asteroid is called 52768 (1998 OR2), and it was first ...

The huge "potentially hazardous" asteroid 1998 OR2, which will safely fly by Earth on Wednesday (April 29), appears to have brought its own face mask for its close encounter with our pandemic ...

The asteroid is called 52768 (1998 OR2), and it was first spotted in 1998. On April 29, it will pass within 3,908,791 miles of Earth, moving at 19,461 miles per hour.

Today, an asteroid known as 1998 OR2—which measures somewhere between 1.1 and 2.5 miles wide—is making a close approach to our planet, and you can watch it online as it sails by.

The "potentially hazardous" asteroid 1998 OR2 is just a few weeks away from its close encounter with Earth, and you can watch the giant space rock's approach online or with a small telescope.

An asteroid will pass by the Earth on April 29 that's called 1998 OR2. The asteroid is very large, with NASA estimating that it's between 1.1 miles and 2.5 miles wide.

Asteroid 1998 OR2 was discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in July 1998, and for the past two decades astronomers have tracked it.

1998 OR2, as well as another near-Earth asteroid, labeled 1998 OH, are being closely monitored by NASA. Because of their trajectories, the asteroids have been deemed “potentially hazardous” by ...

Asteroid 1998 OR2 is thought to be as much as 2.5 miles (4.1 km) across, which would make it comparable to a decent-size mountain in many parts of the world. ...

An asteroid estimated to be 1.2 miles wide will fly by Earth early Wednesday morning, but it’s not expected to collide with our planet. The asteroid is called 52768 (1998 OR2), and it was first ...