An asteroid is expected to come extremely close to the Earth on Thursday, skimming past us as it flies off into the cosmos. The asteroid, named 2024 GJ2, will zip past our planet at a distance of ...

An asteroid the size of a car recently made a close pass by Earth. The space rock, called Asteroid 2024 GJ2, was only discovered on April 9, few days before its near-Earth encounter on April 12.