China Deep Space Probe Takes Pictures of Asteroid Toutatis; Fourth Country to Examine An Asteroid

In what has been hailed as a huge achievement for China's space program, the Chinese announced this week that their deep space probe, Chang'e-2, had completed its flyby of the asteroid Toutatis, the probe taking several images of the asteroid and transmitting them back to Earth.

Asteroid 4179 Toutatis: 3 Miles Wide And Potentially Hazardous Passes 4.3-Million Miles Away (VIDEO)

An asteroid half the size of the one believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs is passing 4.3-million miles from Earth.