A house-sized asteroid flew past Earth while you were asleep. The space rock designated 2025 KF made its closest approach at 11 pm IST on May 21 from a distance of 1.15 lakh kilometres from our planet. According to NASA, the asteroid was travelling at a speed of more than 41,600 kilometres per hour at the time of the closest approach.

A newly discovered house-size asteroid is set to make a close, yet harmless approach to Earth on May 21, passing within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. The close approach will happen at approximately 1:30 p.

KF, about the size of a house, will safely pass Earth today within one-third of the Earth-moon distance. Discovered just days ago, the asteroid poses no threat and will miss the moon by a wide margin.