Either way, on March 11, 2022 at 21:22 UTC a tiny asteroid struck the ocean 300 miles/470 kilometers off Norway’s Jan Mayen Island. Did the 6 1/2 feet/2 meters-wide asteroid—about the size of ...

Here’s how it works. An asteroid discovered earlier this month will reach its closest point to Earth on tomorrow (Jan. 27), when it will soar through the sky at a distance closer to us than the ...

Update for Jan. 28: Astronomer Gianluca Masi was able to capture some fascinating footage of asteroid 2024 BJ during its flyby of Earth on Jan. 27. Watch the space rock zoom by our planet on Space ...