An asteroid taller than the Empire State building flew past Earth this month.
People slept soundly and went about their days as usual as on February 3rd a long, thin chunk of space rock passed about 1.1million miles from the planet - with dimensions similar to the famous US landmark.
Flying by at a little under five times the distance between the Moon and Earth, there was no risk of the asteroid - called 2011 AG5 - impacting the planet but scientists once feared it might have a shot at doing so.
