Close Encounter with a Big Asteroid on May 31 May 22, 2013 | NASA Earth's May 31 "close call" with a 1.7 mile-wide asteroid has radio astronomers excited. ... Mining Asteroids? April 25, 2012 | Planetary Resources "Planetary Resources, Inc. announced today its plan to mine Near-Earth Asteroids for raw materials [...].... Toutatis Asteroid Passes by Earth December 11, 2012 | MSNBC.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4179_Toutatis, a three-mile wide asteroid, will pass within about 4,000,000 miles of earth on Wednesday... Scanning the Surface Composition of Vesta Asteroid June 8, 2012 | NASA "A new video from NASA's Dawn mission reveals the dappled, variegated surface of the giant... Earth Flyby Reality Check February 15, 2013 | NASA NASA has a collection of videos, simulations, graphics and frequently asked questions about the Asteroid... Survey of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids May 18, 2012 | NASA "Potentially hazardous asteroids, or PHAs, are a subset of the larger group of near-Earth asteroids.... NASA: Asteroid 2012 DA14 is Nothing to Worry About February 15, 2013 | NASA The flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14 on Feb. 15, 2013, will be the closest known... Thursday: Asteroid Near Miss Coming February 6, 2013 | NASA "Small near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass very close to Earth on February 15, 2013... |