MSN Today MOSCOW — A failed probe that was designed to travel to a moon of Mars but got stuck in Earth orbit has crashed into the Pacific Ocean, Russian officials said Sunday. The unmanned Phobos-Grunt probe was one of the heaviest and most toxic… more »

The Washington Post An asteroid that scientists have been watching and awaiting for years passed close to Earth on Tueday night, but how close a call was it? As Elizabeth Flock reported: An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier missed Earth by… more »

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 »