A massive asteroid nearly 2 miles wide will zip by Earth on May 31, in a cosmic event that has grabbed the attention of stargazers, scientists and even White House officials. The asteroid poses no threat of hitting Earth during the flyby, NASA officials assure.
The huge asteroid 1998 QE2 is the size of nine cruise ships, about 1.7 miles across, NASA scientists say. While the asteroid makes its closest approach to Earth on Friday, traveling within 3.6 million miles, you don't have to wait that long to see it
NASA chief Charles Bolden will host live telescope views of the asteroid today at 1:30 p.m. EDT during a one-hour broadcast from the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. Read more...
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