Science & Technology

NASA Releases Radar Video of Asteroid Flyby

It went woosh, figuratively

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NASA has revealed the first radar video of an asteroid flyby that sent a space rock half the size of a football field buzzing by Earth last week.

The new asteroid flyby video, released [yesterday] …shows the asteroid 2012 DA14 as it headed away from Earth over the weekend. The asteroid zipped close by Earth on Friday (Feb. 15), when it approached closer to the planet than many communications satellites.