An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. With the right equipment and timing, you just might spot it. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth ...

One of them has already come and gone: Asteroid (415029) 2011 UL21, a chunk of rock the size of Mount Everest, passed closest to Earth without incident on Thursday. The second, asteroid 2024 MK ...

Near miss, in this case, is a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, will come within 180,000 miles of Earth. On Thursday, meanwhile, asteroid 2011 UL21 flew within 4 million miles.

Meanwhile, 2024 MK will approach Earth at a distance of about 290,000 kilometres late Saturday. At that stage, it will be pass nearer to Earth than the Moon. Headlines have described 2011 UL21 as ...