A "potentially hazardous" pyramid-size asteroid is about to zoom past Earth at around 48,000 mph (77,300 km/h) this week as it reaches its closest point to our planet in more than 100 years.

At the high-end of the estimate, 525 feet, it would be taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is approximately 455 feet high. Near-Earth objects regularly fly by the planet, though ...

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including the Taj Mahal and the Great Pyramid of Giza. The asteroid is hurtling through space at 18,000 miles an hour and may come as close as 2.8 million miles to Earth, which places it in the ...

An asteroid almost as big as the Great Pyramid of Giza will whizz past Earth – closer than the Moon – on Wednesday. It will pass us at a minimum distance of roughly 219,748 miles, which may ...

A asteroid bigger than Egypt's Great Pyramid ... to Earth. Most asteroids come from the Asteroid Belt orbiting our sun between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroids in this area vary hugely in size ...

NASA has announced that a relatively large asteroid will be making a "close" fly-by with Earth over the weekend. NASA has said that the asteroid is around the same size as the Great Pyramid of ...

A giant and potentially hazardous asteroid is headed toward Earth and is expected to pass ... smaller than a Boeing 747 to taller than the Pyramids of Giza. It is one of the largest objects ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists at NASA are always keeping a close eye on large asteroids nearby Earth and one as tall as the Great Pyramid of Giza ... which is about the size of a commercial jet ...