Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA huge asteroid zoomed past Earth in terrifying near miss during the early hours of Sunday, just hours after it first spotted by astronemers. According to NASA the encounter with the asteroid, labelled 2018 GE3, went by without a hitch. Asteroid 2018 GE3 was first observed at Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. It was recorded as the closest ever near miss, since records began. "If the asteroid had entered our atmosphere, a great portion of the space rock would have disintegrated due to friction with the air.

Source: Daily Mirror April 16, 2018 22:09 UTC