Fox News Talk about a close shave!A craggy, 1,300-foot wide bit of space rock will miss Earth tonight, astronomers are certain. But countless asteroids, gravity wells and other celestial bodies that shaped its course through the cold reaches of spa… more »

By Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior WriterSpace.com An asteroid the size of a city block will zoom by Earth inside the orbit of the moon today (Nov. 8), but it poses no danger of smashing into our planet, scientists say. The asteroid 2005 YU55, whic… more »

The Wall Street Journal Astronomers are tracking an asteroid about the size of an aircraft carrier that on Tuesday will pass by Earth, within the moon's orbit, in the closest approach of such an object in a generation. The 1,300-foot-wide asteroid… more »

Scientific American On November 8th, Earth will have a close encounter with a sizable asteroid. But not too close, thankfully.The asteroid, designated 2005 YU55, will pass Earth at a distance of about 325,000 kilometers, just inside the orbit of the… more »

Animation of the trajectory for asteroid 2005 YU55 - November 8-9, 2011. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech UniverseToday.com by Nancy Atkinson A large space rock will pass close to Earth on November 8, 2011 and astronomers are anticipating the chanc… more »