A series of radar images taken by Nasa has revealed that a large asteroid which zoomed past Earth last week was actually two space rocks melded into one object appearing like a snowman or a peanut.

The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, captured a series of radar images of the near-Earth asteroid a day before its close approach to o

NASA has captured radar images of a newly discovered, potentially hazardous asteroid as it tumbled towards its closest approach with the Earth. On July 27, the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Mauna Loa in Hawai'i spotted a relatively large asteroid heading for a close approach with our planet.