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AN ASTEROID that is larger than Big Ben is set to crash into the Earth's atmosphere in the New Year.The massive rock has been named 2013 YD48 by NASA

A treat for astronomy nerds, NASA has come up with a '3D real-time visualisation tool' to track and learn about the asteroids and space junk that find themselves in Earth's orbital neighbourhood. The site, NASA’s Eyes on Asteroids, lets one navigate the said zone virtually and click on the comets or asteroids for information about them. 

Potentially hazardous asteroid as big as Eiffel Tower to zip past Earth on June 1 Potentially hazardous asteroid as big as Eiffel Tower to zip past Earth on June 1 Nasa tracks over 26,000 near-Earth asteroids and over 1000 of these are considered potentially hazardous. advertisement The asteroid's path as seen in White crosses Earth's orbit. (Source: JPL) From Judgment Day to Armageddon, movie after movie has tried to capture what it would be like if a giant asteroid struck Earth. What happens when an asteroid manages to enter our planet's atmosphere has always remained a topic of fascination...

The space rock is going to pass between the Earth and the moon on Saturday It will be moving at about 54,000 miles per hour during its flyby of our world The rock is 108ft long and poses no direct threat to life on Earth, says NASA  It will be too faint to see with the naked eye or by all but the largest telescopes