The object, which has been dubbed the “Halloween asteroid” — thanks to the timing of its visit in October of 2015 as well as its unusual shape — measures around 700 meters wide and is ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. An asteroid about the size of a giraffe was discovered last weekend and will make an extremely close approach to Earth this ...

While some other asteroids such as 2015 TB145 (the Halloween asteroid) and 2004 BL86 (January, 2015) were visible using 8″ telescopes, the Christmas Eve asteroid will be much more difficult to ...