Disinfo And just what do you think they’ll do with the damn thing if they actually catch it? From Aviation Week: NASA’s fiscal 2014 budget request will include $ 100 million for a new mission to find a...

HuffPost An asteroid the size of a city block is due to make a close pass by Earth on Saturday (March 9), and you can get a front-row view via two back-to-back webcasts. The asteroid 2013 ET was discovered...

 Mike Wall/Space.com The space rock set to give Earth a historically close shave on Friday may be worth nearly $ 200 billion, prospective asteroid miners say. The 150-foot-wide (45 meters) asteroid 2012 DA14 — which will zoom within 17,200 miles...

TheGIC When the asteroid 2012 DA14 gives Earth a close shave on Friday (Feb. 15), it will be a record-setting close encounter with a space rock of its size and you can track the flyby live online....

SPACE.com Scientists and amateur observers alike are eagerly awaiting Friday’s historic flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14, which will zoom inside Earth’s ring of geosynchronous satellites. At its nearest approach Friday (Feb. 15), the 150-foot-wide (45 meters)asteroid 2012...