The large space rock that will zip past Earth this Halloween is most likely a dead comet that, fittingly, bears an eerie resemblance to a skull. Scientists observing asteroid 2015 TB145 with NASA’s ...

In 2015, NASA announced a skull-shaped asteroid was going to pass Earth at a distance of just 302,000 miles on Halloween that year. The dead comet, 2015 TB145, made headlines across the globe thanks ...

Eight view of asteroid 2015 TB145 collected on Oct. 31, 2015 between 7:55 a.m. and 8:08 a.m. CDT. At the time the radar images were taken, the asteroid was between 440,000 miles (710,000 km) and about ...

It will arrive too late for Halloween this year, but an eerie, skull-shaped asteroid that some are calling the "death comet" is coming back for another visit. On Nov. 11, asteroid 2015 TB145 will zoom ...

(KHON) – The Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS I) on Haleakala located the largest asteroid to pass close to the earth in nearly a decade. The asteroid called 2015 TB145 ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Asteroid ...

Alas, poor 2015 TB145, which by a twist of fate immediately and irrevocably became nicknamed the "Halloween asteroid" after its skull-like form skimmed 300,000 miles away from Earth on October 31, ...