DW flew about 139,000 miles (224,000 km) away from Earth. The space rock was estimated to be about 43 feet wide (13 m).

The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

An "incredibly rare" piece of rock from Mars has sold for £3.2million after being discovered in the Sahara desert. The 24.5kg ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a ...

A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling ...

"Can humanity enjoy the benefits of both asteroid and lunar mining without compromise, or do we have to choose one at the ...

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

“The probability that asteroid 2024 YR4 will strike the Moon on 22 December 2032 is now approximately 4 percent, and this probability was still slowly rising as the asteroid faded out of view,” the ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...

The destructive space rock was somewhere between 12.4 and 15.5 miles wide. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The largest ...