A newfound huge asteroid, nicknamed “The Beast,” is expected zoom by Earth this weekend, and you can get a sneak preview of the space rock flyby today (June 5).
The asteroid 2014 HQ124, which is the size of a football stadium, poses no chance of hitting Earth in its flyby on Sunday (June 8), and will pass by at a range of three times the distance between the Earth-moon on Sunday (June 8). It was discovered on April 23 by NASA’s Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, a sky-mapping space telescope.
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