NBC: Solar Blast May Have Earthly Impact
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Asteroid Coming Relatively Close to Earth
It sounds like something out of the movies "Armageddon" or "Deep Impact," but a 1,300-foot wide asteroid will pass within 202,000 miles of Earth on Tuesday. There's no need to call Bruce Willis, though. NASA says the asteroid, named 2005 YU55, poses no threat of a collision with Earth. You won’t even be able to see the asteroid – which is about the size of an aircraft carrier – without a huge telescope. The next time an object this large will be this close to Earth will be in 2028 when asteroid 2001 WN5 flies by. http://www.nasa.gov/
Watch the Shuttle Launch Live
Space shuttle Discovery lifts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on its final flight today, ending nearly three decades of space travel. Watch live at CNN.com .